THE ANALYSIS OF

EXPLANATION TEXT
By:
Nandya Widi Saputri
Salsabila Amalia
Sri Sambodo
Suhandah
What is an
explanation text?
An explanation text gives
you information about a
subject that you are
interested in and would
like to know more about.

It is usually a text that

aims to explain a process
e.g. How glass is recycled
 DEFINITION and
PURPOSE
• Explanation is a text which tells
processes relating to forming of
natural, social, scientific and cultural
phenomena.
• Explanation text is to say ‘why’ and
‘how’ of the forming of the
phenomena. It is often found in
science, geography and history text
books.  
 GENERIC STRUCTURE
• General statement : stating the
phenomenon issues which are to be
explained.
• Sequenced explanation : stating a
series of steps which explain the
phenomena.
• Closing : sump up the
explanation and talks
about its applications.
 LANGUAGE FEATURE
• Featuring Generic Participants; sun, rain, etc.
• Using chronological connection; to begin with,
next, etc
• Using passive voice pattern
• Using simple present tense
• Using abstract noun
• Using action verb
• Using conjunction of time
• Using noun phrases
• Using adverbial phrases
• Using technical terms
 Example

Tsunami

The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japan which means harbor
("tsu") and wave ("nami"). A tsunami is a series of waves generated
when water in a lake or a sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
A tsunami will be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms
and vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical
movements of the earth's crust can occur at the plate boundaries.
Subduction of earthquakes are particularly effective in generating
tsunami, and occur where denser oceanic plates slip under
continental plates. As the displaced water mass moves under the
influence of gravity to regain its equilibrium, it radiates across the
ocean like ripples on a pond.
Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is caused
by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height
of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal
area.
• Featuring Generic Participants;
tsunami
• Using passive voice pattern: A
tsunami will be generated when the
sea floor
• Using simple present tense:
Tsunami always bring great damage
• Using abstract noun: vertical,
horizontal, height
• Using action verb: movement, move
• Using conjunction of time: when
• Using noun phrases: rapidly
displaced
• Using adverbial phrases: lake or a
sea is rapidly displaced on a
massive scale
• Using technical terms: wave,
gravity, equilibrium