EXPLANATION TEXT

Is a text that contains the processes associated with natural phenomena, soisal, science, culture and more. An Explanation text is usually derived from the corresponding author of the question 'why' and 'how' of a phenomenon.

                                                                                                                           

Communicative purpose of Explanation Text

Communicative purpose of the Explanation text is to explain the processes that occur in the formation or activity associated with natural phenomena, social, science, culture, and others that aim to explain.

Generic Structur Explanation Text

1. A general statement

In a general statement contains a general explanation of the phenomenon to be discussed, the phenomenon could be the introduction or explanation.

2. A squenced of explanation

A squenced of explanation contains an explanation about why the phenomenon may occur or be created. A squenced of explanation in the form of answers to the question 'why' and 'how' the writer when creating a text Explanation. In squenced of explanation can contain more than one paragraph.

3. Closing

Actually closing it is not listed in the generic structure of the Explanation text, but most people assume that the last paragraph of the Explanation text is closing, but it is part of squenced of explantaion which contains the final step described in section squenced of explanation.

Language features Explanation Text

• Using Focus on generic,

non human participants ( ex : chocolate, tree, etc) 

• Using Noun phrases ( ex : cacao tree, tree seeds, etc)

• Using the simple present tense

(ex : e.g Chocolate starts with a tree called the cacao tree.)

• Using the Passive Voice(ex : e.g The beans are fermented for about a                week.)

• Using Action verbs (ex : e.g The chocolates maker starts by roasting the beans to bring out the flavour)

WHERE DOES RAIN COME FORM ?

•       [statement] Rain always comes from clouds. But where do clouds come from? How does all that  water get into the sky? 

•       [explanation] Think about your bathroom. There is hot water in your bath. Steam goes up from the hot water. The steam makes small clouds in the bathroom. These warm clouds meet the cold walls and windows, and then we see small drops of water on the walls and windows.

•       [explanation] The world is like your bathroom. The water in the oceans is warm when the sun shines on it. Some of this water goes up into the sky and makes clouds. The wind carries the clouds for hundreds of kilometers. Then the clouds meet cold air in the sky, and we see drops of water. The drops of water are rain. 

[conclusion] The rain falls and runs into rivers. Rivers run into oceans. And the water from oceans makes clouds and more rain. So water is always moving from oceans to clouds to rain to rivers to oceans. So the rain on your head was on other heads before! The water in your garden was in other gardens in other countries.

Making Paper from Woodchips

General statement
Woodchipping is a process used to obtain pulp and paper products from forest trees. The woodchipping process begins when the trees are cut down in a selected area of the forest called a coupe.

Squence of explanation
Next the tops and branches of the trees are cut out and then the logs are taken to the mill. At the mill the bark of the logs is removed and the logs are taken to a chipper which cuts them into small pieces called woodchips. The woodchips are then screened to remove dirt and other impurities. At this stage they are either exported in this form or changed into pulp by chemicals and heat. The pulp is then bleached and the water content is removed.

Closing
Finally the pulp is rolled out to make paper