Explanation Text
BUILDING BLOCKS Explanation Text is a type of text in English that describes a process. Talking about the process, this text is almost the same as procedure text. However, if the procedure text describes how to do something (process), this text describes how a process occurs. That way, we can know that the explanation text serves to provide information to readers about a process. Explanation Text characteristics: 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 Generic Structure of Explanation Text : 1.General Statement Contains general information on topics to be discussed in the text. 2. Explanation Contains a series of events (sequence of events) from a process which is the topic of the text. We can also explain by using the why and how questions, so that the explanation we convey is more comprehensive. 3.Closing The closing or closing par