Defination
An explanation text is a non-fiction text that is used to
describe how or why things happen. It usually includes a sequence of events
(explaining how) and provides reasons for a process or phenomenon (why). For
example: Rain The water cycle Earthquakes.
Purpose
Explanation aims to explain something, for example natural
phenomena or social or historical phenomena.
The explanation here is why or how something happened
(natural phenomenon, social phenomenon, history).
General structure
- General statement
about a general explanation of the phenomenon to be
discussed, can be an introduction to the phenomenon or an explanation.
- Squenced of explanation
contains an explanation of the process why this phenomenon
can occur or be created. A squenced of explanation in the form of an answer to
the author's 'why' and 'how' questions when making an explanation text. In
squenced of explanation it may consist of more than one paragraph.
- Conclusion
Contains a conclusion from the explanation itself but not
all explanations have a conclusion.
Characteristics Explanation Text
An explanatory text usually comes from the author's
questions related to 'why' and 'how' to an existing phenomenon. Because what is
raised is a phenomenon, the focus of the material is not on the object or
person, but on events or events that occur to that person or thing using the
Simple Present tense.
Types of Explanation Texts: Explanation texts are categorized according to the type of process they describe.
Cause and Effect Explanation: Explanation text that links cause and effect in explaining how and why an event occurred, for example volcanoes.
Sequential Explanation: Explanations that describe natural and non-natural phenomena, for example life cycles.
EXAMPLE OF EXPLANATION TEXTS
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