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Explanation Text

Explanation text aims to describe how and why natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena occur. It typically includes a general statement about the phenomenon being explained, followed by a sequenced explanation of the steps involved. Explanation text is commonly found in science, geography, and history textbooks. It is characterized by generic participants like the sun or rain, chronological connectors, the passive voice, and the simple present tense.

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Explanation Text

Explanation text aims to describe how and why natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena occur. It typically includes a general statement about the phenomenon being explained, followed by a sequenced explanation of the steps involved. Explanation text is commonly found in science, geography, and history textbooks. It is characterized by generic participants like the sun or rain, chronological connectors, the passive voice, and the simple present tense.

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• Definition of Explanation Text


Explanation is a text which tells processes
relating to forming of natural, social, scientific
and cultural phenomena. Explanation text is
to say ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the forming of the
phenomena. It is often found in science,
geography and history text books.
• Generic Structure of Explanation Text
# General statement; stating the phenomenon
issues which are to be explained.
# Sequenced explanation; stating a series of steps
which explain the phenomena.
• The Characteristics / Language Feature of
Explanation Text:
– Featuring generic participant; sun, rain, etc
– Using chronological connection; to begin with,
next, etc
– Using passive voice pattern
– Using simple present tense

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