EXPLANATION TEXT MIPA 3

EXPLANATION TEXT

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UNDERSTANDING

Explanation Text is a text that provides a clear explanation of a social, natural, or cultural phenomenon

FUNCTION

Provide information through a detailed explanation of a phenomenon that occurs

TEXT STRUCTURE

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GENERAL STATEMENT

A statement that explains how or why something happened with cause and effect

A closing paragraph that brings together the previous explanations

Provide an introduction to the topic

LANGUAGE FEATURE

• Simple Present Tense

• Passive Voice

• Noun phrases and Active Verbs

• Chronnological Connector

• Adverbial Phrase

TEXT ANALYSIS

-GENERAL STATEMENT

When we are near the lake or sea, we often see floating water up and down. It is called waves. What causes waves? The winds cause waves on the surface of the ocean (and on lakes). The wind transfers some of its energy to the water, through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. Stronger winds (like storm surges) cause larger waves. You can make your own miniature waves by blowing across the surface of a pan of water. Waves of water do not move horizontally, they only move up and down (a wave does not represent a flow of water). You can see a demonstration of this by watching a floating buoy bob up and down with a wave; it does not, however, move horizontally with the wave. Tsunamis (sometimes called tidal waves) are different from surface waves; they are usually caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides.

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