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Sekarwida and Anggraeni

Explanation About Explanation Text

This text contains a process that
deals with social phenomena,
nature, science, technology
development, cultural
development, and so on.
explanation relates to the
question answering "Why" and
"How" Against a related
phenomenon.

The Purpose Of Explanation Text

The purpose is to explain

the text explanation of a
phenomenon that occurs

Generic Structure of Explanation Text

General statement :
stating the phenomenon issues
which are to be explained.
Sequenced explanation :
stating a series of steps which
explain the phenomena .
"Closing :
is part of the final text
explanation and must be related
to the topic that is told .

Linguistic Feature Of Explanation

Text

Characteristic linguistic
explanation text :
Use the simple present tense
Use abstrac noun
Use the passive voice
Use action verbs

Explanation Text is used to explain the

occurrence of a phenomenon, example :

Text explanation of why

corruption happens
Text explanation about why the
island was very famous
Text explanation of how coffee
powder was made
Text explanation in how the
human bodys metabolic
processes, etc.

Example of Explanation Text

The Occurrence of Rainbow

Spectrum of the rainbow is an arc
that took place because of the
refraction of sunlight by drops of
water. Rainbow is also regarded as
an optical and meteorological
phenomenon in the form of colorful
light are parallel to each other in the
sky or other medium. Rainbow
appears as an arc of light at the end
leads to the horizon at a moment of

Rainbow and other light effects in the sky caused

by light refracted and deviated away from the
particles. At sunset, the sky reddened by the sun
passing through the atmosphere is much thicker
than when the sun is high in the sky at noon.
Rainbow will not be visible at night or when the
weather is overcast. It happened because the
rainbow is the result of the refraction of light. At
first light of the sun passes through a drop of rain,
then steered or refracted toward the middle of the
drops of rain that separates white light into the
colors of the spectrum.

Rainbow can only be seen when the sun

shines along with the rain but from the
opposite side to the viewer. The position of
the observer must be between the sun and
the water was impressed with the sun behind
the person. The sun, the eye of the observer
and the center of the arc of the rainbow
should be in a straight line. Light with the
shortest wavelength such as purple, located
on the curve and have the longest
wavelengths like red are on the outside.

Identification of text

Generic Structure of Explanation

Text
General statement
Spectrum of the rainbow is an arc that took
place because of the refraction of sunlight by
drops of water. Rainbow is also regarded as an
optical and meteorological phenomenon in the
form of colorful light are parallel to each other
in the sky or other medium. Rainbow appears
as an arc of light at the end leads to the
horizon at a moment of light rain. Rainbow
can also be seen around the waterfall clear.

 Sequenced explanation
Rainbow and other light effects in the sky
caused by light refracted and deviated away
from the particles. At sunset, the sky reddened
by the sun passing through the atmosphere is
much thicker than when the sun is high in the
sky at noon. Rainbow will not be visible at night
or when the weather is overcast. It happened
because the rainbow is the result of the
refraction of light. At first light of the sun passes
through a drop of rain, then steered or refracted
toward the middle of the drops of rain that
separates white light into the colors of the
spectrum.

Rainbow can only be seen when

the sun shines along with the rain
but from the opposite side to the
viewer. The position of the observer
must be between the sun and the
water was impressed with the sun
behind the person. The sun, the eye
of the observer and the center of the
arc of the rainbow should be in a
straight line. Light with the shortest

Linguistic Feature Of Explanation

Text
Use the simple present tense
Rainbow appears as an arc of light at
the end leads to the horizon at a
moment of light rain. Rainbow can
also be seen around the waterfall
clear.
Use abstrac noun
At sunset, the sky reddened by the
sun passing through the atmosphere
is much thicker than when the sun is

 Use the passive voice

Rainbow and other light effects in the
sky caused by light refracted and
deviated away from the particles.
Use action verbs
. The sun, the eye of the observer
and the center of the arc of the
rainbow should be in a straight line.

Question :
What the purpose of the text ?
When occurrence of the rainbow ?
Why during the night did not happen
rainbow?

Answer
The Occurrence of Rainbow
Rainbow can only be seen when the sun
shines along with the rain but from the
opposite side to the viewer. The position of the
observer must be between the sun and the
water was impressed with the sun behind the
person.
Rainbow will not be visible at night or when the
weather is overcast. It happened because the
rainbow is the result of the refraction of light.