Interpretive Reading

Explanation Text
BY:
1ST GROUP
1. NURFINNI OKTAVIANI (1710007742012)
2. SARI BANI (1710007742008)
LECTURE:
Mr. RIDIANTO, S.Pdi, M.Pd
 Defenitions of The
Explanation Text
Explanation text is a text genre which tries
to explain how a thing happens or why the
thing is made or processes relating to forming
of natural, social, scientific and cultural
phenomena
Purpose of The Explanation
Text
O Explanation is a text which tells processes
relating to forming of natural, social,
scientific, and cultural phenomena.
O To explain how or why something happens.
 Generic Structure of The
Explanation Text.
O General statement; stating the phenomenon
issues which are to be explained.
O Sequenced explanation; stating a series of
steps which explain the phenomena.
O (Closing); atually this is not mentioned in
explanation text, however, many people
think that the last of paragraph is clossing,
in which it is actually part of sequenced
explanation.
 Language Feature of The
Explanation Text
O Featuring generic participant; sun, rain, etc.
O Using chronological connection; to begin with, next,
etc.
O Using passive voice pattern
O Using simple present tense,(verb 1); use, run, draw,
etc.
O Using abstract noun (no visible noun)
O Containing explanation of the process; how.
O Conjunction of time; when.
O Noun phrase
O Adverbial Phrases
O Complex sentences
Example of the explanation
text.
Tsunami
The term of “tsunami” comes from the Japanese which means
harbour ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). A tsunami is a series of waves generated
when water in a lake or a sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
A tsunami will be generated when the seafloor abruptly
deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water. Such large vertical
movements of the earth's crust can occur at plate boundaries.
Subduction of earthquakes are particularly effective in
generating tsunami, and occur where denser oceanic plates slip under
continental plates.
As the displaced water mass moves under the influence of
gravity to regain its equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean like ripples on
a pond.
Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the damage is
caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the
height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal
area.