EXPLANATION PART 1

 NAME : ZASQHIA RAHMI DEWI 

CLASS : XII IPS 3

ABSENT : 36 

A) DEFINITION OF EXPLANATION TEXT 

Explanation text is a text that provides an explanation of information about the phenomenon of causality or cause and effect. These phenomena can be in the form of social, cultural, political, legal, economic phenomena, to natural phenomena.

Through explanatory texts, every event that occurs around us is not only observed and felt, but also used as learning.

B) THE FUNCTION OF EXPLANATION TEXT

Explanation text is a text that has the function of explaining or analyzing the process of appearing or happening something and also the causes and effects of something.

So, it can be concluded that the function of an explanatory text is to explain or analyze the process of appearing or happening something and also the causes and effects of something.

C) STRUCTURE OF EXPLANATION TEXT 

A. General statement 

Namely the introduction of an event that we will tell. Or general explanation about the event. In the general statement contains a general explanation of phenomenon to be discussed, can be an introduction to the phenomenon or the explanation.

Sequenced Explanations 

That is an explanation of why and how the event occurred. In this section the author can write more that one paragraph. Sequenced explanations contain explanations the process of why these phenomenacan occur or are created.

Sequenced explanations in the form of  answers to the questions why and how the author when making an explanation text. Sequenced explanations can consist of more than one paragraph.

Closing/ Concluding Statements 

That is the conclusion of the story. Actually the closing is not listed in the generic structure of explanation text, but most people assume that the last paragraph of an explanation text is closing, even though it is the part of sequenced explanations that contains the final stesps described in sequenced explanations section.

D) Linguistic Features 

• Focus on generic things, not focus on human participants (nonhuman participants. Examples : tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, rain and air.
• It is possible to use scientific terms. Use more material verbs and relational verbs (active verbs).
• Using conjunctions of time and causalit. For example : so, first, if, if, before, and then.
• Use passive voice.
• Explanations are written to justify that something causally explained is true.
• Use present tense.
• Reference to people should not be given.
• Use of technical terms and language relevants to the subjects.

E) LATIHAN SOAL 

1) Tsunami happens because...the major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips.

2) Where are the impacts of tsunami? The impacts of Tsunami are disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property.

3) Mention the disturbance of tsunami! The disturance of tsunami is that the ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelft, the part of the earth crust that slopes, from the ocean floor up, to the land.

4) From second paragraph we know that...tsunami makes unfortunate event.

5) The text mostly tells us about...how and why tsunami happens.

Excercise E

1. The following things can be recycled, EXCEPT....

A. Precious metals

B. Broken glass

C. Old newspapers

D. Plastic spoons

E. Fresh vegetables and fruits

2. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of recycling?

A. It costs much money for the process of recycling

B. It costs less to make new products

C. It requires less energy

D. It can reduce pollution

E. It reduces the demand for high-pollution alternatives

3. What is the third step of recycling paper products?

A. Collect and search for contaminants such as plastic bags and aluminium

foil

B. Mix the paper with hot water in a blender which turns it into pulp

C. Screen and filter the pulp to remove smaller contaminants

D. Put the pulp to a large vat to separate the ink from the paper fibres

E. Mix the pulp with new wood fibres to be made into paper again

4. We can make use of the ink after being separated from the paper fibres by doing

the followings, EXCEPT....

A. Skim it off

B. Dry it

C. Reuse as ink

D. Burn as boiler fuel

E. Mix it with the pulp

5. What is the text about?

A. The digestive system

B. The digestive juice

C. The method of the digestive system

D. The process of intestine work

E. The food substances

6. How can we swallow the food easily?

A. The food changes into acids absorbed by the villi.

B. The food must be digested first through the process.

C. The food is directly swallowed through esophagus into the stomach.

D. The food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach.

E. The food we take must be changed into substances carried in the blood to

the places.

7. From the text above, we imply that ....

A. a good process of digestive system will help our body becoming healthier.

B. no one concerned with the process of digestive system for their health.

C. the digestive system is needed if we are eating the food instantly.

D. every body must conduct the processes of digestive system well.

E. the better we digest the food we eat, the healthier we will be.

8. Human body is made up of countless millions of cells. (Paragraph 1)

The phrase made up means ....

A. Produced

B. Managed

C. Arranged

D. Completed

E. Constructed

9. The text is about ....

A. the cacao tree

B. the cacao beans

C. the raw chocolate

D. the making of chocolate

E. the flavour of chocolate

10. The third paragraph focuses on ....

A. the process of producing chocolate

B. how to produce the cocoa flavour

C. where chocolate comes from

D. the chocolate liquor

E. the cacao fruit

11. ...so they are often sorted and blended to produce ... (Paragraph 3.) The word sorted

has the closest meaning to ....

A. Arranged

B. Combined

C. Separated

D. Distributed

E. Organized

12. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate?

A. By fermenting the beans.

B. By roasting the beans

C. By blending the beans.

D. By sorting the beans.

E. By drying the beans

13. What step after the hydrogen combines with carbon dioxide from the air ...

A. Photosynthesis provides the chemical energy that is needed to produced

these compounds.

B. Water drawn form the soil to split into hydrogen and oxygen.

C. Food-making process that occurs in green plants.

D. Phosporus from the soil-green plants can make starch, fat, protein,

vitamins, and other complex compounds essential for life.

E. Oxygen from the water molecules is given off in the process.

14. What are photosynthesis need ....

A. Water, light, oxygen, worm

B. Soil, chlorophyll, sun, human

C. Bug, air, oxigen, food

D. Light, Carbon dioxide, humus

E. Candle, vitamins, hydrogen

15. What the product of photosynthesis ....

A. Sugar

B. Food and O2

C. Root

D. Food

E. Branch