EXPLANATION TEXT PART 1

Definition of explanatory text

According to the Macmillan Dictionary, explanation is a description of how something works or of how to do something. Explanatory text is a description of how something works or how to do something.

Meanwhile, according to Vocabulary.com, explanation is a statement about how or why something is the way it is. An explanation is a statement about how or why something is the way it is.

If concluded, explanation text is a type of English text that contains about how or why something happened.

General structure of explanatory text

The general structure of an explanation text is as follows:

General statement (general statement)

This section mentions what phenomena will be explained.

Sequenced explanation

This section mentions a series of processes from an event.

The linguistic elements of the explanatory text

Some of the linguistic features of explanatory texts in English are:

Noun phrases, examples of blue color in the sky, the roasted beans, a brief transient sound, and others.

Action verbs, for example produces, enters, moves, and others. 

Simple present tense, because it explains the facts, the tense used is the present tense.

Passive voice, passive voice is used when the explanation focuses on the process or action, for example is produced, are fermented, is reflected, and so on.

Example of explanatory text

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.