Explanation Text Part 1

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 Explanation Text Part 1


Regina Adelin Amelia
XII IPS 2/28



A. 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.


B. Generic Structure of Explanation Text

– General statement

General statement; stating the phenomenon issues which are to be explained.

– Sequenced of explanation

Sequenced explanation; stating a series of steps which explain the phenomena.


C. Purpose of Explanation Text

– Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena.

– To explain how or why something happens.

According to Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson (1997: 82) says that the explanation text type is often used to tell how and why thing (phenomena) occur in nature.


D. Characteristics of Explanation Text

- Derived from the author's questions regarding the 'why' and 'how' of an existing phenomenon

- Lifted from the phenomenon, the focus of the material is not on the object or person, but on events or events that occur to the person or object.

- Using Simple Present Tense

- Using action verbs

- Using passive voice

- Using noun phrases

- Using adverbial phrases

- Using technical terms

- Using general and abstract nouns

- Using the conjunction of time and cause-effect.



Activity 3

Do the exercise part D & E (page 11-15) from the module above and attach the photo


Part D


1. Tsunami happens because? 
= major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips.
2. What are the impacts of tsunami? 

= disastrous effects such as serves flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property. 
3. Mention the disturbance of tsunami? 
= 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?
= From the second paragraph, we know that tsunami makes unfortunate event.
5. The text mostly tells us about?
= The text mostly tells us about how and why tsunami happens.


Part E


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 requires 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 as plastic bags and aluminium foil
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 from the paper fibres
E. Mix the pulp with new wood fibres to be made into paper again

4. We can make use of the ink after being separated from 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


Teks Eksplanasi 2

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 villi.
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 is needed if we are eating the food instantly.
D. every body must conduct the processes of digestive system well.
E. 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 dioxide 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, oxigen, 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



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