Explanation Text

 Explanation Text

Explanation in English, of course, is already familiar. In the world of education, or even our daily lives, we often encounter the name explanation, or explanation in Indonesian.

Explanation text is a text that explains the occurrence of a process.

Explanation texts aim to explain various social, natural and cultural phenomena.

The social function of an explanation text is to provide information about an event.

Explanation text structure:

1. Title

2. General statement

3. Explanation statement

4. Closing

Language features:

1. Use present tense

2. Use passive voice

3. Use action verbs

4. Use general nouns

5. Use technical vocabulary

Example:

How rain is formed 

Rain has both good and bad effect. Rain clears the air from pollution, it can also keep the plants green. However, too much rain can cause natural disaster such as floods and landslides. Do you know how rain is formed?

There are many water source such as oceans, lakes, rivers, etc. When the sun shines, the hot temperature will make the water evaporate. This “vapor” then rises because the air (gas) flows from the high pressure to the low pressure places. When the vapor is in the sky, it cools and changes form as water. This condensed vapor will grow bigger into clouds. The clouds are carried by the air. When the clouds becomes too heavy, the gravity will pull it down slowly. The water drops fall down and it becomes rain.