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This document provides an explanation of an explanation text. It begins by defining an explanation text as telling an audience how something works or why something happens through logically describing the stages of a process. It then outlines the generic structure of an explanation text, including general statements to introduce the topic, a sequenced explanation of steps, and technical terms related to the phenomenon. The document provides an example of an explanation text about how rain happens through the water cycle process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

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Explanation Text

This document provides an explanation of an explanation text. It begins by defining an explanation text as telling an audience how something works or why something happens through logically describing the stages of a process. It then outlines the generic structure of an explanation text, including general statements to introduce the topic, a sequenced explanation of steps, and technical terms related to the phenomenon. The document provides an example of an explanation text about how rain happens through the water cycle process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

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ANNISA AULIA EVINDA (18110087)

IKA ZUHAROTUL UMMAH (18110102)

EXPLANATION TEXT

1. Definition
An explanation text tells your audience how something works or why
something happens. Explanations detail and logically describe the stages in a process,
such as the water cycle, or how a steam engine works. Other examples could be how a
law is made, or why we blink when we sneeze.
This text is almost the same as the procedure text. However, if the procedure
text explains how to do something, this text explains how the process occurs. That
way, we can discuss the explanatory text at work to provide information to the reader
about a process.

2. Generic structure
a. General statements; you must explain general information about the topic to be
discussed in the text. In other words, you must introduce the topic to the reader first.
b. Sequenced explanation; stating a series of steps which explain the phenomena.
c. (Closing); atually this is not mentioned in explanation text, however, many people
think that the last of paragraph is clossing, in which it is actually  part of sequenced
explanation

3. Language Feature
a. Using simple present tense
b. Using passive voice: aims to emphasize the focus on events / activities that take
place and not the subject.
c. Using action verb: do, make, create, remove, etc
d. Using technical terms: the technical terms discussed are related to the
phenomenon
e. Noun Phrase
4. Example

How Does Rain Happen

We all know that rain is primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world,
providing suitable condition for diverse ecosystems. Rain is water that descends from the
sky through several processes until the rain occurs. Do you know how does rain happen?

The phenomenon of rain is actually a water circle. The concept of water circle
includes the sun heating the Earth’s water surface and causing the water surface to
evaporate. Earth’s water includes water from lake, river, and ocean. Then, the water
vapor experiences condensation and becomes condensed vapor. Condensed vapor is
formed from droplets so that when the air temperature is higher, it makes the droplets
gather, condensed and formed into clouds. The presence of winds helps clouds move and
gather in other places that have lower temperatures. At that time, the droplets become
heavier and unstoppable and cause the droplets to fall so that there is rain.

If the droplets drop in an area with very cold temperatures, the droplets will drop as
snow. However, not all rain reaches the surface. Some evaporates while falling through
dry air. This is called Virga, a phenomenon which is often seen in hot, dry desert regions.

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