Explanation Text (pt. 2)

 

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Language Feature Of Explanation Text

• Using sentences in the form of tense / current time (Present Indefinite or Simple Present Tense).
• Passive voice / passive voice to direct the reader to the process or event rather than the subject.
• Elements of abstract nouns, namely nouns that cannot be seen in real terms, such as love, joy, emotions, etc. Just like the example of recount text, in explanation text also use action verbs to describe ongoing processes such as kick, eat, think, run, etc.
• There are noun phrases/noun phrases, for example white snow, water cycle, big house, etc.
• Using technical terms, namely terms that refer to the topic being discussed.
• Contains a description of a process, but not procedure text.

Characteristics of Explanation Text

• There is a passive voice (passive sentence).
• Like the example of narrative text, in the explanation text also uses action verbs.
• The existence of an abstract noun (verb that appears).
• Use the simple present tense in the sentence.

Generic Structure of Explanation Text

• General Statement

The General Statement is the opening section. This section describes the issues regarding the phenomenon/topic to be discussed. Usually contains a variety of general information that brings the reader to the core of the discussion.

• Explanation/Sequence of Event

In this section you will find a more detailed discussion of a phenomenon. The explanation section is the core part of the text that explains the series of events or processes of the topic being discussed. Contains a detailed and coherent explanation of how and why something happened.

• Closing

It is optional and not mandatory in an explanation text. Contains additional information or opinions from the author regarding the phenomenon or topic of discussion.

Example of Explanation Text

How Rainbow Is Happen?

A General Statement :

Rainbow often appears after the rain stops. Rainbow consists of a big bow spectrum and happens from water droplets which reflacted paralel because of the light of the sun. When the sun is shining and the light passing through water droplets, we can see a reflaction because of a wide variety of colors. The light passes and reflact like a light passing through a prism mirror.

A Sequenced of Explanation :

Rainbow happen to begin when the sunlight passing through the raindrops. The light is deflected to the center of the droplets. The white light is separated from each other into a spectrum of colors. The colors that have been separated, then separate again into very small portions. There is more light separated from each other in the droplets. Finally those colors form a light curve called rainbow.

Closing :

On the ground, we only see a maximum of a half circle rainbow. Because rainbow created involving distance with water droplets, the rainbow always move to follow the movement of anyone who seen it. It makes our distance with rainbow constant, in other word we could never approach the rainbow.

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Exercise    :

Practise D:

Choose the right passive voice form! 

1. Mommy cleans the room every day.

A. The room was clean by mommy every day 

B. The room is clean by mommy every day 

C. The room is cleaned by mommy every day

D. Mommy is cleaned the room every day 

E. The room was being cleaned by mommy every day 

 

2. My uncle fixed the toy yesterday. The passive voice of the sentence is …. 

A. My uncle was fixed the toy yesterday 

B. The toy was fixed by my uncle yesterday 

C. The toy was fix by my uncle yesterday 

D. My uncle was being fixed the toy yesterday

E. The toy had been fixed by my uncle yesterday

 

3. Joe has taken a Mandarin course. 

A. Joe has been taken a Mandarin course 

B. A Mandarin course taken by Joe 

C. A Mandarin course has been taken by Joe 

D. Mandarin courses have taken by Joe

E. Mandarin course will be taken by Joe 

 

4. In the 1920’s, this TV …. 

A. is manufactured 

B. was manufactured 

C. will be manufactured 

D. is going to manufactured 

E. would manufacture

 

5. She … to my wedding party. 

A. are invited 

B. have been invited 

C. has been invited

D. invited 

E. has invited 

 

6. Her first novel … tomorrow morning. 

A. is launched 

B. was launched 

C. will be launched 

D. has launched 

E. have launched

Practise E:
1. Give the generic structure of the text below by giving the name for every paragraph in boxes given

2. Write an explanation text telling about how rainbow is formed. Don't forget to make a draft and include passive voices in your text.

How Rainbow is Formed

• A general statement

Rainbow is one of  optic phenomena that happens in the atmosphere of the earth naturally. We can see it at mountin range, or  when it is cloudy, or  when it is raining and rising of sun. We have to be the other side for looking.  We  just can see it a half of circle form, but acctually the rainbow is a circle form. We can see it perfectly, if it is seen by standing in the high place. It is real that rainbow is a circle form not like parabola form.

• Sequenced explanation

On the ground, we can’t see perfectly, except if we are in the high place like in the air plane or standing on top of  moutain. When we are looking at rainbow’s colors, we will see them that ordered of red is on the highest order,  and purple is on  the lowest order.

Red is more dominant than another color caused by having biggest wave between others. Therefore the red one is in the highest order  and purple one is in lowest order. How rainbow is formed?  Try to watch it when light of sun concerns a 90-degree angle mirror or a glass prism side, or surface of  soap foam. We can see colors on the light. The light is rayyed to be some  wave lenght of light that it is seen by our eyes as red, bright red, yellow, green, blue and purple. These colors are compnents of light that they are called visible light. The other component is invisible light such as infrared (red is in the right side), and ultraviolet (bright red is in the left side).

• Conclusion

So, we can see the beautiful rainbow because there are some processes to be beautiful rainbow that it appears in the sky.

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