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EXPLANATI
ONTEXT

 Whati sexpl anat iont ext?

Anexpl anat i
oni swr ittent oexpl ainhowandwhysomet hi
ngi nt heworld
happens.I tisaboutact ionsr at hert hanaboutt hi
ngs.Expl anati
onspl aya
val
uabler olei nbui ldingandst oringourknowl edge.Techni calandscientif
ic,
wri
tingar eof tenexpr essedi nt hisf orm.
 Purposeofexpl anat i
ont ext
Totellaboutpr ocessr elat ingt of or mi ngofnat ural,soci
al,sci
ent i
fi
cand
cul
tural phenomena.
 Genericst ruct ur eofexpl anat iont ext :
1.Ti tl
e
2.Gener al stat ement
3.Sequencedexpl anat ionofwhyhowsomet hingoccur s
4.Cl osi ng
5.Vi sual text /diagr am
 Languagef eat ureofexpl anat iont ext :
 Focusongener i
c, non- humanpar t
ici
pant s
 Uset hegener i
cabst ractnouns
 Uset heact ionv er bs
 Uset hesi mpl epr esentt ense
 Uset hepassi v ev oi ce
 Uset heconj unct i
onoft imeandpl ace
 Usepr onoun
 Uset hecompl exsent ence
 Uset het echni cal t
er ms
 Changingact ivev oi cet opassi vev oi ce:
1.I dent i
f yt hesubj ect , thev erb, andtheobj ect
2.Changet heobj ecti ntosubj ect
3.Putt hesui tablehel pi ngv erbandauxi li
aryv erb
4.Changet hev erbi nt ot hepastpar t
ici
plefor m.Addt hepr eposit
ion"by"
5.Changet hesubj ecti nt oobj ect .
Exampl
e:

WhySummerDay
li
ghti
sLongert
hanWi
nterDay
li
ght

I
nthesummer ,
theamountofdayl
ightt
hatwegetismorethanwegetinwint
er.Thi
s
i
snotbecauseasmuchpeoplethi
nkwear ecl
osert
othesunbutbecauseoftheti
lt
oft
heeart
h.

Theeart
hisactuall
yclosert
othesuninwint
ert
haniti
sinsummerbuty
ouwouldbe
for
giv
enforthi
nkingthatthi
scannotbetr
ueaft
erl
ookingoutofy
ourwi
ndowona
col
dandf r
ostymorning.

Itseemsstrangethatastheeart
hgetcl osert
ot hesundur
ingitsorbi
tthent
he
amountofday li
ghtthatwegetdecrease.Butthatist
hecase.Iti
sthetil
toft
heeart
h
thatdeter
minetheamountofday l
ightthatwegetandsot helengthoftimet
hatf
or
ust hesunisabovethehori
zon.

Generi
cStructureAnal ysis:
1.General statement :Stati
ngthephenomenont hati
sthedayl
i
ghtinsummeris
longerthani nwi nter.
2.Explanation: I
tisthetiltoft
heearththatdet
erminestheamountofday
li
ght
notthedi stanceoft heear t
hfrom t
hesun.

LanguageFeatur
eAnal ysisonExplanati
onText :
1.Focusi
nggener icpartici
pant
:dayli
ght.
2.Usingchronologicalconnect
ion:t
hen, so,but.
3.Usingpassivevoice:youwoul dbeforgiven.
4.Usingpresenttense: t
heearthisactuall
yclosert
othesun.