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A. Answer the following questions clearly and briefly!

1. What is explanation text?
2. What is the social function of explanation text?
3. How many types of explanation text? Explain them!
4. In each text, there will always be a certain generic structure, do you know
what is the generic structure of explanation text? Explain them!
5. As well as generic structure, explanation text also have some language features,
what are they?

B. Read the text below!

Earthquakes

Earthquakes – being among the most deadly natural hazards – strike without any
prior warning, leaving catastrophe in their wake with terrible loss of human lives as
well as economic loss.
Technically, an earthquake (also known as tremor, quake or temblor) is a kind of
vibration through the earth's crust. This vibration occurs as a result of powerful
movement of rocks in the earth's crust. These powerful movements trigger a rapid
release of energy that creates seismic waves that travel through the earth. Earthquakes
are usually brief, but may repeat over a long period of time. (Earth Science. 2001)
Earthquakes are classifified as large and small. Large earthquakes usually begin
with slight tremors but rapidly take form of violent shocks. The vibrations from a
large earthquake last for a few days known as aftershocks. Small earthquakes are
usually slight tremors and do not cause much damage. Large earthquakes are known
to take down buildings and cause death and injury (Richter, 1935).
According to some statistics, there may be an average of 500,000 earthquakes
every year but only about 100,000 can be felt and about 100 or so can cause damage
each year.
Earthquakes are dreaded by everyone.

C. Analyzing text B!
1. What is the text above about?
2. Is the text is an explanation text? Why?
3. If it is an explanation text, which type it will be? Why?
4. Please classify the text above based on its generic structure!
5. What language features occured from the text? Mention it one by one
CLEARLY!

D. Mention ONE phenomenon that happening now in your country. Please choose
one that exciting you!

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