Explanation Text Part-2

  What is Explanation Text?

Explanatory text is a description of how something works or how to do something. If concluded, explanation text is a type of English text that contains about how or why something happened. Generally, this type of text describes the process of something happening. The things described in the explanatory text are natural and social phenomena.

What Is Function of Explanation Text?

Explanatory Text Called fiction but text that contains factual and real things. So, what is the purpose? There are two main functions, namely: 

• Explanatory text aims to reveal the process of the occurrence of a phenomenon. Be it natural, social, cultural and scientific phenomena and even technology. 

• Explain in detail how or why something happened. Usually the explanatory text is composed of two basic questions, namely how (how) and why (why).

 

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What is General Structure of the Explanation Text

• General Statement 

The General Statement is the opening section. This section describes the issues regarding the phenomenon/topic to be discussed. Usually contains a variety of general information that brings the reader to the core of the discussion.

•Sequence of Event 

In this section you will find a more detailed discussion of a phenomenon. The explanation section is the core part of the text that explains the series of events or processes of the topic being discussed. Contains a detailed and coherent explanation of how and why something happened. 

• Closing 

It is optional and not mandatory in an explanation text. Contains additional information or opinions from the author regarding the phenomenon or topic of discussion

The linguistic elements of the explanatory text Some of the linguistic features of explanatory texts in English are: 

Noun phrases, examples of blue color in the sky, the roasted beans, a brief transient sound, and others.

-Action verbs, for example produces, enters, moves, and others. 

-Simple present tense, because it explains the facts, the tense used is the present tense. 

-Passive voice, passive voice is used when the explanation focuses on the process or action, for example is produced, are fermented, is reflected, and so on.

Exercise

Generik Structure	Explanation Text
General Statements	Biodiesel is a clean burning substitute for petroleum based diesel fuel. Biodiesel is made of vegetable oil
Sequenced Explanation	To make or manufacture Biodiesel, you must first start with raw materials. The raw materials needed in the production of Biodiesel are a small amount of methanol and a ready supply of vegetable product. One of the most common vegetables used in the production of Biodiesel is corn, although depending on the geographic location of the manufacturing facility many other plants are used as well (rapeseed, soybeans, flaxseed, etc.). The first step is to use the raw vegetable product to make vegetable oil. Vegetable oil by itself will not be what you need to power a car, from here it has to be processed into Biodiesel.
Sequenced Explanation	The process for converting vegetable oil into Biodiesel is sometimes called ester interchange. To complete this process the vegetable oil has to be combined with a smaller amount of methanol and then put in the presence of a small quantity of an alkaline catalyst (for example, 5% to 1% sodium hydroxide). Vegetable oil is made up of so-called triglycerides, which is a compound of the trivalent alcohol glycerin with three fatty acids. The goal of ester interchange is to separate the glycerin molecule from the three fatty acids and replace it with three methanol molecules
Closing	This process then yields roughly 90% Biodiesel and 10% of a glycerin byproduct. The glycerin byproduct can be used in a number of other chemi

How Rainbow is Formed

 Rainbow is an arch of light that exhibits the spectrum of colors in their order in the sky. This natural phenomenon is most commonly seen when the sunlight strikes raindrops falling from distant rain clouds. Generally, this is only in the early morning or late afternoon.

When the sunlight enters a raindrop, it is refracted by a slightly different amount during its passage from the air into the water. Then the light is reflected back from the drop and refracted back a second time as it emerges into the air. Because a ray of white sunlight is actually composed of all the colors of the spectrum, the white light is separated into various colors inside the drop. In the primary rainbow, the colors are, from inside to outside, violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. The colors can be seen only when the angle of the reflection between the sun’s rays, the drops of water, and the observer’s line of vision is between 40 and 42 degrees.

Occasionally, another faintly rainbow or called secondary bow may also be seen. The secondary bow is seen above the primary bow and has a reversed color sequence. It is produced by light that has been reflected from two different points on the back of the drops before emerging into the air.