Explanation Text ( CHAPTER 3 )

EXPLANATION TEXT :

Explanation text is a text which contains about how or why something happened, Or explain the process of something happening.

GENERAL STRUCTURE OF EXPLANATION TEXT :

1. General statement

Contains general information about the topic to be discussed in the text

2. Explanation

Contains a series ( sequence of events ) of a process which is the topic of the text.

3. Closing

The closing or closing section is optional or does not have to be in this text. This section may contain additional information or the author's opinion on the topic covered

CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPLANATION TEXT :

1. Using the Simple Present Tense

2. Using Action Verbs

3. Using Passive Voices

4. Using Noun Phrases

5. Using the Technical Terms

6. Contains an explanation of the process

EXPLANATION TEXT PART 1

ACTIVITY 3

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

D. Penugasan Mandiri

1. Tsunami happens because....

2. What are the impacts of tsunami?

3. Mention the disturbance of tsunami!

4. From second paragraph we know that....

5. The text mostly tell us about....

Answer :

1. Tsunami happens because major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips

2. The impact of tsunami are disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property

3. The disturbance of tsunami is that the ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move acrros the ocean until they reach the continetal 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 tsunami makes unfortunate event

5. The text mostly tells us about how and why tsunami happens

E. Latihan Soal

1. The following things can be recyled, EXPECT .....

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 product
C. It requies 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 a plastic bags and aluminium foil
B. Mix the paper with hot water in a blender which turns in into pulp
C. Screen and filter the pulp to remove samller contaminants
D. Put the pulp to a large vat to separate the ink form the paper fibres
E. Mix the pulp with new wood fibres to be made into paper again

4. We can make us of the ink after being separated form the paper fibres by doing the followings, EXPECT.....

A. Skim it off
B. Dry it
C. Reuse as ink
D. Burn as boiler fuel
E. Mix it with the pulp

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 vhanges into acids absorbed by the vill
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 carrried 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 in 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 thrid paragraph focuses on.....

A. The process of producing chocolate
B. How to produce the cocoa flavour
C. Where chocolates 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 closets 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 dioxied from the air....

A. Photosynthesis provides the chemical energy
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
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, oxygen, 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

EXPLANATION PART 2

ACTIVITY 3

Do the exercise part D & E (page 20-21) from the module above and attach the photo in your blog!

D. Penugasan Mandiri

E. Latihan Soal

1. Give the generic structure of the text below by giving the name for every paragraph in boxes given

2. Write an explanation text telling about how rainbow is formed. Don't forget to make a draft and include passive volces in your text

How a rainbow is formed

Rainbow is one of the unique and interesting natural phenomena because it has seven beautiful colors. The seven colors are red, yellow orange, green, blue, indigo, and purple which are often called " mejikuhibiniu "

Rainbows are formed due to the bending or refraction of sunlight that occurs on the surface of the earth's atmosphere. When sunlight is blocked by layers of the earth's atmosphere, there is some light that eventually reaches the earth's surface through precipitation. The deflection of sunlight caused by precipitation of rainwater has an impact on the color of sunlight that has gathered into white units, eventually separating from one color to another. in the atmosphere layer. Then the color will spread into seven colors

ACTIVITY 4

Write the explanation of an explanation text in your blog!

Explanation text is a type of English text that contains how or why something happened. Generally, this type of text describes the process of something happening.

EXPLANATOIN TEXT PART 3

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