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When he was on vacation in the highlands, Ziva often got rain. Sometimes after the rain, Ziva usually saw colorful light waves in the sky, which is called a rainbow. Ziva really likes the rainbow. He was curious how the rainbow could be formed.
Ziva also intended to look for articles that wrote about the process of the rainbow. Well, friends, in English, the type of text that Ziva needed was explanation text. So, in this video, we are going to learn explanation text.
What is explanation text? Explanation is a text which tells the process of natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena. It is often found in science, geography, and history textbook.
The explanation text is a text that contains processes related to natural phenomena, social, geography, or culture that has ever happened. In explanation text, the recessive function or communicative purposes of explanation text is to tell the reader how something works or why something happens. Text explanation explanation is intended to explain what, why, and how something happens. Usually, the events that are explained in the explanation text will be explained in detail so that readers can understand the information well.
Next, we come to the generic structure in explanation text First, general statement stating the phenomena or issues which are to be explained General statement merupakan area which contains general explanations about what phenomena will be discussed can be a form of introduction or basic explanation of the phenomena Second, sequence of explanations stating a series of steps which explain the phenomena or issues This part explains why and how the phenomenon occurs by stating the order or stage of the event The last closing, stating a conclusion, optional This end of the text is the closing that conveys the conclusion of the text This section is only optional In explanation, there are some language features. First, using simple present tense. Using simple present tense, the word pattern is Subject plus verb 1 plus object.
Or, Subject plus verb 1 plus object. object plus vote one plus s or es plus object contohnya from the mouth foot passes through the esophagus passes merupakan verb one plus es Second, using passive voice. Menggunakan passive voice dengan rumus to be plus verb 3. Misalnya, human body is made up of countless millions of cells.
Is made up merupakan to be plus verb 3. And the last, using chronological connectors. For example, first, second, third, next, then, after, before, in addition, finally. in the end, like in the sentence, and the food enters the small intestine. Let's see some examples of explanation text. The first example of explanation text is about digestion.
The first paragraph of this text explains in general the concept of digestion, so the generic structure is General Statement paragraph 2 discusses the sequence of urination processes that occur in the mouth paragraph 3 explains how food passes through the throat until it is absorbed by the intestines and paragraph 4 explains the food process changed by chemical enzymes until it continues to the bloodstream paragraph 2 3 and 4 this conveys in detail about the stage of digestion in the body, so the generic structure is a sequence of explanation. For you to understand more about this text, let's discuss the language features. First, using simple present tense, found in the sentence from the mouth food passes through the esophagus.
The foot passage into the stomach Passage is verb 1 plus es Kedua, menggunakan passive voice To be plus verb 3 Misalnya, is made up is is needed, are needed, is cold, is broken, can be swallowed, is mixed Thirdly, use chronological connectors such as DEN Next, let's see the second example. This text is about natural disaster. Paragraph pertama teks ini mengenalkan tentang gempa bumi yang terjadi di daerah tertentu, seperti Sumatera Barat. The information conveyed in this first paragraph is general, so the generic structure is a general statement. The next paragraph explains the cause of earthquake, the movement process during the earthquake, and the structure of the earth's surface, so the generic structure is a sequence of explanation.
And these are the language features from the explanation text that discusses the disaster First, using simple present tense For example, is, happens, are, release, makes, get Second, using passive voice, to be plus verb 3, for example, caused Third, using chronological connectors such as after Well, up to here you can understand it okay guys to get understanding let's discuss the exercises look at this text for questions number one two three Question number one, what is the purpose of the text? A. To explain how a thunderstorm is formed B. To describe what lightnings look like D.
To explain how lightning is firmed. D. To argue about thunderstorms.
E. To discuss lightning. Soal ini menanyakan tujuan teks. Teks pada soal membuatnya. the lightning process.
So, this type of text is an explanatory text. So, the purpose of this text is to explain how lightning is formed. To explain how lightning is formed.
The correct answer is C. Question number two. When can we see the electrical transfer as lightning?
A. When the negative charge descends from the bottom of the storm toward the ground. B.
when the negative charge channel connects with the positive charge channel see when the negative charge shoots to the ground in a series of rapid steps D When the positive chart approaches the negative chart E. When the positive chart gathers along the ground This question asks for information that is ingrained in the text The keyword is We see the electrical transfer as lightning This keyword can be found in paragraph 2 To find the information that is ingrained We can refer to the previous sentence which said this positive charge reaches out to the approaching negative charge with its own channel called a streamer when those channels connect the resulting electrical transfer is what we see as lightning so the correct answer is B B The next question, which statement is true according to the text? A. Lightning strikes twice at one time B. Positive chart channel descends on lower objects C.
A streamer is the negative chart with its own channel D. Negative chart collects on the ground and in objects on the ground E. We cannot see the negative chart channel that goes down to the ground.
Soal ini meminta kita untuk mencari informasi yang benar pada teks. Untuk menjawabnya, kita cukup cocokkan opsi jawaban dengan isi teks. Kita mulai dari opsi terakhir.
Pilihan jawaban E. We cannot see the negative chart channel that goes down to the ground. the negative charge channel that goes down to the ground Kita cucukkan dengan isi teks Dan kita bisa menemukan pernyataan ini di paragraf 2 A channel of negative charge called a stepped ladder will descend from the bottom of the stone toward the ground It is invisible to the human eye Pilihan jawaban E benar Pilihan jawaban E benar Look at this text for questions number 4 until 6 Question number 4 What does the writer want to do through the text? A.
Describe a place called Grand Canyon B. Explain about the formation of Grand Canyon C. Explain about the formation of Grand Canyon the procedure of visiting Grand Canyon d. describe the physical characteristic of Grand Canyon e. persuade the readers that Grand Canyon is a natural phenomenon Soal ini menanyakan apa yang ingin disampaikan penulis melalui teks Teks pada soal merupakan teks eksplanasi yang tujuannya menjelaskan proses terbentuknya Grand Canyon Jawaban yang sesuai adalah B The next question, it can be understood from paragraph 3 that A.
The action of the plate tectonics created the Colorado River B. Grand Canyon Canyon Canyon was formed because of abrasion in Colorado River see Colorado Plate was resulted by the formation of Grand Canyon the Colorado plate was formed after the formation of Grand Canyon II the uplift of colorado plate to generate the formation of Grand Canyon so all in me me me me me inform us young Bernard says widen paragraph ketiga kita bisa cocokkan pernyataan soal dengan isi paragraf tersebut pilihan jawaban eh di uplift of colorado plate to generate the formation of Grand Canyon This sentence is in paragraph 3, namely The uplift of the Colorado Plate was a key step in the eventual formation of Grand Canyon Meaning, the elevation of the Colorado Plate resulted in the formation of Grand Canyon So, the answer E is correct The last question, what causes the Grand Canyon to expand? A. Erosion by tributary streams B.
Shallow angle subduction C. Action of tectonic plates E. Rock desedimentation E.
Continuous uplift This question asks what caused the Grand Canyon to expand? The key word is EXPAND which is synonymous with WIDENING And we can find it in the last sentence of the text Father erosion by tributary streams led to the canyon's widening So the best answer is A Now, I hope you can understand better. Okay, that's all my explanation about explanation text. Stay healthy and see you on the next video.
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