Materi Kelas XI-MIPA-2 JAMPEL 9-10 (03 Oktober 2018)

Explanation Text

A. Pengertian Explanation Text

B. Tujuan Explanation Text

C. Generic Structure Explanation Text

General statement

Tentang penjelasan umum tentang fenomena yang akan dibahas, bisa berupa pengenalan fenomena tersebut atau penjelasannya.

Squenced of explanation

Berisi tentang penjelasan proses mengapa fenomena tersebut bisa terjadi atau tercipta. A squenced of explanation berupa jawaban dari pertanyaan ‘why’ dan ‘how’ penulis ketika membuat sebuah Explanation text. Dalam squenced of explanation bisa terdiri lebih dari satu paragrap.

Closing

Sebenarnya closing itu tidak tercantum dalam generic structure dari Explanation text, tetapi kebanyakan orang beranggapan bahwa paragrap terakhir dari sebuah Explanation text adalah closing, padahal itu merupakan bagian dari squenced of explantaion yang berisi tentang langkah akhir yang dijelaskan pada bagian squenced of explanation. Tapi ini jelas merupakan bagian akhir dari teks Explanation.

Contoh Explanation Text
Flooding is a natural phenomenon that usually happens in a lot of areas drained by the river flow. In simple terms, it can be defined as the presence of flood water in a vast region that covers the area of the earth’s surface.Flooding process itself occurs when the rains come and cause water sources such as rivers, seas, lakes, and ditches no longer able to accommodate the water drop. The barren land covered with trees without overflowing water will speed up the process of proficiency level, because the trees that should absorb the water have been used as a furniture material. When the water source is no longer able to accommodate, the water will overflow and flow into residential areas and have a big impact. Nowadays, flood is an annually happening in some big cities in Indonesia, especially Jakarta.So, that’s the explanation of flood and how does it happen.