Explanation Text
By:
1.Christy Jacub
2.Calvin Iskandar
1. Pengertian Explanation Text
Explanation Text merupakan sebuah teks yang
berisi tentang proses-proses yang berhubungan
dengan fenomena-fenomena alam, sosial,
budaya, ilmu pengetahuan, dan lainnya.
"An explanation is a set of
statements constructed to describe a
set of facts which clarifies the
causes, context, and consequences
of those facts."
Tujuan
untuk menerangkan proses-proses yang
terjadi .
Contoh dalam :
1.fenomena alam,
2.budaya,
3.sosial,
4.ilmu pengetahuan,
dan lainnya.
General Struckture
1. A general statement
Berisi penjelasan umum tentang fenomena yang
akan dibahas,
bisa berupa pengenalan fenomena tersebut atau
penjelasannya.
2. A squenced of explanation
berisi tentang penjelasan mengapa fenomena itu
terjadi.
A squenced of explanation merupakan jawaban dari
pertanyaan ‘why’ dan ‘how’ dari sebuah Explanation
text. Dalam squenced of explanation bisa terdiri lebih
dari satu paragrap.
3. Closing
Sebenarnya closing merupakan bagian dari
squenced of explantaion
Berisi tentang langkah akhir yang dijelaskan pada
bagian squenced of explanation.
Ciri** explanation text,
• Menggunakan simpel present tense
• Menggunakan Action verbs
• Menggunakan abstract noun (kata benda
yang nampak)
• Menggunakan Passive voice
• Menggunakan Concrete noun
Contoh explanation text:
Tsunami
The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means harbour ("tsu")
1
and wave ("nami"). A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a
lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
A tsunami can be generated when the sea floor abruptly deforms and
vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the
2 earth's crust can occur at plate boundaries. Subduction of earthquakes are
particularly effective in generating tsunamis, and occur where denser oceanic
plates slip under continental plates.
2
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.
3 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.
Text on:
1. A general statement
The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese
which means harbour ("tsu") and wave ("nami").
A tsunami is a series of waves generated when
water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on
a massive scale.
2. A squenced of explanation
A tsunami can 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 plate boundaries. Subduction of earthquakes are
particularly effective in generating tsunamis, 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.
3. Closing
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.
Question:
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