Group 1 explanation text bu firda
- 1. EXPLANATION TEXT GROUP 1 CANTIKA FUJI BAITARI FIRDA FRIMADITHA PUTRI LUTHFIA RAHMI PETTRY LIA PUJANINGRUM
- 2. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS PHENOMENON?
- 4. AFTER YOU WATCHED THE VIDEO, WHAT ARE THE INFORMATIONS CAN YOU GET?
- 5. DEFINITION OF EXPLANATION TEXT According to Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson (1997: 82) says that the explanation text type is often used to tell how and why thing (phenomena) occur in nature
- 6. DEFINITION OF EXPLANATION TEXT Explanation text is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena. Explanation text is to say ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the forming of the phenomena. It is often found in science, geography and history text books.
- 7. SOCIAL FUNCTION OF EXPLANATION TEXT • To tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena • To explain how or why something happens.
- 8. GENERIC STRUCTURE OF EXPLANATION TEXT • General statement; stating the phenomenon issues which are to be explained • Sequenced of explanation; stating a series of steps which explain the phenomena • Closing Statement (optional)
- 9. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF EXPLANATION TEXT In an explanation text, there are linguistic features as below : • Using simple present tense • Using abstract noun (no visible noun) • Using Passive voice • Using Action verbs • Containing explanation of the process
- 10. EXAMPLE OF EXPLANATION TEXT How Rainbow is Formed Rainbow is one of optic phenomena that happens in the atmosphere of the earth naturally. We can see it at mountain range, or when it is cloudy, or when it is raining and rising of sun. We have to be the other side for looking. We just can see it a half of circle form, but acctually the rainbow is a circle form. We can see it perfectly, if it is seen by standing in the high place. It is real that rainbow is a circle form not like parabola form. On the ground, we can not see perfectly, except if we are in the high place like in the air plane or standing on top of mountain. When we are looking at rainbow’s colors, we will see them that ordered of red is on the highest order, and purple is on the lowest order. Red is more dominant than another color caused by having biggest wave between others. Therefore the red one is in the highest order and purple one is in lowest order. How rainbow is formed? Try to watch it when light of sun concerns a 90-degree angle mirror or a glass prism side, or surface of soap foam. We can see colors on the light. The light is rayyed to be some wave lenght of light that it is seen by our eyes as red, bright red, yellow, green, blue and purple. These colors are compnents of light that they are called visible light. The other component is invisible light such as infrared (red is in the right side), and ultraviolet (bright red is in the left side). So, we can see the beautiful rainbow because there are some processes to be beautiful rainbow that it appears in the sky. http://bahasa-inggrisku.blogspot.com/2012/10/contoh-explanation- text-how-rainbow-is.html
- 11. From the text, we can analyze the generic structure of text as follows: General Statement is Sequenced of explanation is Rainbow is one of optic phenomena that happens in the atmosphere of the earth naturally. We can see it at mountain range, or when it is cloudy, or when it is raining and rising of sun. We have to be the other side for looking. We just can see it a half of circle form, but acctually the rainbow is a circle form. We can see it perfectly, if it is seen by standing in the high place. It is real that rainbow is a circle form not On the ground, we can not see perfectly, except if we are in the high place like in the air plane or standing on top of mountain. When we are looking at rainbow’s colors, we will see them that ordered of red is on the highest order, and purple is on the lowest order. Red is more dominant than another color caused by having biggest wave between others. Therefore the red one is in the highest order and purple one is in lowest order. How rainbow is formed? Try to watch it when light of sun concerns a 90-degree angle mirror or a glass prism side, or surface of soap foam. We can see colors on the light. The light is rayyed to be some wave lenght of light that it is seen by our eyes as red, bright red, yellow, green, blue and purple. These colors are compnents of light that they are called visible light. The other component is invisible light such as infrared (red is in the right side), and ultraviolet (bright red is in
- 12. Closing Statement So, we can see the beautiful rainbow because there are some processes to be beautiful rainbow that it appears in the sky.