Explanation text (2)

Compiled by:DIAN NOVITA

JUSLIANA LUMBANRAJA

KRISTIN YONIKA DAMANIK

MOUNA FITRIANA

NUR INDAH PRATIWI

Class : Education B’13

2Created By : Group 5

DEFINITION

Explanation text is used to explain about process

of happening or forming a natural,social,scientific and

cultural phenomena.

Explanation text is very effective to :

Explain why an object exists as it is.

Describe how an object works.


PURPOSE

Explanation text is very effective to explain how

process of an object,natural and social phenomena has

happened.

Example :

~ how did rain happen?

~ how did polution happen?


~ Featuring generic participant

Eg : sun,rain,etc.

~ Using chronological connection

Eg: then,next,etc.

~ Using passive voice.

~ Using present tense.

~ Action verb

Eg : movement,move,etc.

~ Use of Pronouns5Created By : Group 5

TSUNAMI

The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese 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 seafloor 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 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.

Generic Participant

Action Verb

Present Tense

Pronoun

Passive Voice 6Created By : Group 5

RHETORICAL STRUCTURE

This text has three text elements,those are:

General Statement

About a particular topic to be explained.

Sequence of explanation

stating a series of steps which explain the phenomena such as the

process,the formation,the involvement,etc.

Closing

It’s about conclusion or statement about what has explained just now.


RHETORICAL STRUCTURE

• 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 a sea is rapidly

displaced on a massive scale.


• Sequence 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 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.


• 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.


EXPLANATION TEXT :

Explain why an object exists as it is.

Describe how an object works.

RHETORICAL STRUCTURE :

General Statement

Sequence of explanation

Closing

GRAMMATICAL PATTERNS :

~ Featuring generic participant

~ Using chronological connection

~ Using passive voice.

~ Using present tense.

~ Action verb

~ Use of Pronouns

