EXPLANATION

TEXT

Ajeng Yustisia
XII IPS 4/04
 Purpose
Explanation text is a text which tells
processes relating to forming of natural,
social, scientific, and cultural phenomena.
The purpose of explanation text is to
explain how or why something happens.
 General Statement
Contains general information about the
General Structure topics to be discussed in the next part.

Explanation
Contains the sequences of events from
a process which is the topic of the text.
It can explains by using question about
Do and how.
yo u
to k wan
n ow t
? Closing
Contains additional informations or
opinions about the topic
 1. Using simple present
Here are the tense
2. Using abstarct noun (no
language
language features visible noun)
offeatures of
explanation 3. Using pasive voice
4. Using action verbs
explanation
text! 5. Containing explanation
of the process
text!
EXAMPLE
Thank
you!