Explanation Text Part 1 and 3

Name : Aliaputri Dharmayanti 

Class : XII SOCIAL 4

Hi guys! today I will explain the material of explanation text.

Explanation text is a text that explains about a process or sequence of phenomena. 

There are 2 types of explanation text; sequential and cause and effect.

What is the purpose of explanation text?
An explanation text is written to explain how and why something (natural or socio-cultural phenomena) in the world happen. The text contains the process or sequence of the phenomena.

The generic structures of explanation text are?
The generic structures of explanation text consists of three components.

1. Title
2. General statement -> Stating the phenomena or issues which are being explained.
3. Explanation -> Stating the series of steps which explain the issues or phenomena. 

The language features of explanation text.

1. Focusing generic participant -> an object or phenomenon which is being discussed, such as; rain, chocolate, etc. 
2. Using present tense -> This kind of text mostly applies present tense for its sentences, such as; "rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, ......."; Chocolate starts from a tree called cacao tree, and etc. 
3. Using chronological connectors -> The text applies chronological connectors / chronological connections / connectives, such as; first, second, third, then, after, after that, finally, so, as a consequence, and etc. 
4. Using passive voice -> The text sometimes applies passive form, such as; "... the beans are fermented for about a week, dried under the sun, and shipped to the chocolate maker...".   
5. Using noun, pronoun, verb, and etc. -> Like so many other text, explanation text absolutely applies a lot of nouns, pronouns (subject pronoun, object pronoun, possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun), action verb, and etc. 

Example of explanation text.

EXPLANATION TEXT PART 1

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1. Tsunami happens because...

2. What are the impacts of tsunami ?

3. Mention the disturbance of tsunami!

4. From second paragraph we know that...

5. The text mostly tells us about...

ANSWER : 

1. Tsunami happens because major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips

2. The impacts of Tsunami are disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property

3. The disturbance of Tsunami is that the ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land

4. From the second paragraph we know that Tsunami makes unfortunate event 

5. The text mostly tells us about how and why Tsunami happens

E. LATIHAN SOAL

1. The following things can be recycled, EXCEPT...

A. Precious metals

B. Broken glass

C. Old newspapers

D. Plastic spoons

E. Fresh vegetables and fruits

2. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of recycling?

A. It costs much money for the process of recycling

B. It costs less to make new products 

C. It requies less energy

D. It can reduce pollution

E. It reduces the demand for high-pollution alternatives

3. What is the third step of recycling paper products?

A. Collect and search for contaminants such a plastic bags and aluminium foll

B. Mix the paper with hot water in a blender which turns it into pulp

C. Screen and filter the pulp to remove smaller contaminants

D. Put the pulp to a large vat to separate the ink form the paper fibres

E. Mix the pulp with new wood fibres to be made into paper again

4. We can make us of the ink after being separated form the paper fibres by doing the followings, EXCEPT...

A. Skim it off

B. Dry it

C. Reuse as ink

D. Burn as boiler fuel

E. Mix it with the pulp

5. What is the text about?

A. The digestive system

B. The digestive juice

C. The method of the digestive system

D. The process of intestine work

E. The food substances

6. How can we swallow the food easily?

A. The food changes into acids absorbed by the vill

B. The food must be digested first through the process

C. The food is directly swallowed through esophagus into the stomach

D. The food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach

E. The food we take must be changed into substances carried in the blood to the places

7. From the text above, we imply that...

A. A good process of digestive system will help our body becoming healthier

B. No one concerned with the process of digestive system for their health

C. The digestive system in needed if we are eating the food instantly

D. every body must conduct the processes of digestive system well

C. The better we digest the food we eat, the healthier we will be

8. Human body is made up of countless millions of cells. (Paragraph 1)

The phrase made up means...

A. Produced

B. Managed

C. Arranged

D. Completed

E. Constructed

9. The text is about...

A. The cacao tree

B. The cacao beans

C. The raw chocolate

D. The making of chocolate

E. The flavour of chocolate

10. The third paragraph focuses on...

A. The process of producing chocolate

B. How to produce the cocoa flavour

C. Where chocolate comes from

D. The chocolate liquor

E. The cacao fruit

11. ....so they are often sorted and blended to produce... (Paragraph 3) The word sorted has the closest meaning to...

A. Arranged

B. Combined

C. Separated

D. Distributed

E. Organized

12. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate?

A. By fermenting the beans

B. By roasting the beans

C. By blending the beans

D. By sorting the beans

E. By drying the beans

13. What step after the hydrogen combines with carbon dioxied from the air...

A. Photosynthesis provides the chemical energy that is needed to produced these compounds

B. Water drawn form the soil to split into hydrogen and oxygen

C. Food-making process that occurs in green plants

D. Phosporus from the soil-green plants can make starch, fat, protein, vitamins, and other complex compounds essential for life

E. Oxygen from the water molecules is given off in the process

14. What are photosynthesis need...

A. Water, light, oxygen, worm

B. Soil, chlorophyll, sun, human

C. Bug, air, oxygen, food

D. Light, Carbon dioxide, humus

E. Candle, vitamins, hydrogen

15. What the product of photosynthesis...

A. Sugar

B. Food and O2

C. Root

D. Food

E. Branch

EXPLANATION TEXT PART 3

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