Explanation
An explanation is a piece of writing that gives straightforward information. It explanation of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena, e.g. how volcano eruption occurs, or how to prevent bone fracture at an old age.
Communicative purpose
To enable the readers to understand the processes invention or the working of phenomena.
Example of explanation texts
Reports on natural phenomena, articles on scientific inventions, documentary films.
The text organization of an explanation texts.
An explanation texts can have as many paragraphs as the writer wants. However, it mainly consists of two parts: general statement, explanation
General statement
This part presents the subject that is going to be explained
The grammatical features related to explanation
· Simple past tense
· Action verbs
· Passive voice
· Punctuation
· Conjunction of time and cause – effect
· Adverbial phrases
· Noun phrases
· General and abstract nouns
Sumber: Creative English workbook, Erlangga
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