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Explanation text is a kind of text that informs the process relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena. It explains why or how the phenomena happen or why things are similar or different. This text is frequently found in science, geography and history text books. You may often get confused between explanation text and procedure text. Explanation text says about how or why something occurs; while procedure text comes with the instruction on how something is accomplished.
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Shortly it can be said that an explanation text is used to tell how or why something happens or explains the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural phenomena.

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General statement It states the phenomenon issue which will be explained Sequenced explanation It is the main part of the text which explains a series of steps or events which interrelate to form the thing or a sequenced explanation of why or how the phenomenon issue occurs

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 Using chronological connection e.g.: first, next, then etc. Using simple present tense e.g. Seasons come to us regularly Using technical terms e.g.: evaporation, degradation Using action verbs e.g.: runs, develops, becomes Using Passive voice e.g. The greenhouse effect can be used to designate two different things Using conjunction which shows cause and effect e.g.: because of, due to, therefore, as a result, etc.

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Why Eiffel Tower was built If we talk about the Wonders of the World buildings, then we will see Eiffel Tower as one of them. However many of us do not know the towers past history on why it was build. Everything has the reasonable background, especially for the tower which is to be one of the most recognized buildings in the world. Primarily, the Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition. It was called Paris Exposition in 1889. The exhibition was organized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The purpose of building Eiffel Tower in such structure was to show to the world Frances advancement of technology and beauty. The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It seemed that then the name of the tower was derived from the designers last name, Eiffel.

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Another reason on why the tower was built was for scientific progress. Although few realized it, the Eiffel Tower would become the prominent structure in terms of science and technology. Many experiment with temperature, pressure and pendulums were performed atop the unique famous building. Additionally the Eiffel Tower was used for radio transmission tower. Many experiments were conducted atop the Eiffel Towerfor radio transmission advancement. Once the Eiffel Tower was proposed to be demolished but it was spared because the tower had the promising future as a radio tower.

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From the above example of explanation text, we see that it has the generic structure as follow: General Statement The introduction of the passage on why the Eiffel Tower was built. Sequenced Explanation This is the main element of explanation text. This explanation is explored to answer the why or how question introduced in the general statement. From the example above, the text was written to explain why, not how, the Eiffel Tower was built. Then it elaborates the reasons. First is for the show case and the second is for scientific and technological purposes.
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