EXPLANATION TEXT

EXPLANATION
An explanation is a piece of writing that give straightforward information.
COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE
To explain the processes involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural
phenomena.

TEXT ORGANIZATION
 General statement presents the subject that is going to be explained.
 Explanation support the following paragraphs. The explanation statement are
illustrated in sequence.
LANGUAGE FEATURES
 Focus on generic, e.g. Greenhouse, plants, etc.
 Simple Present Tense, e.g. It gets its name from the greenhouses that people use to
grow plants.
 Adverbial phrases, e.g. Notably, etc.
 Noun Phrases, e.g. greenhouse, carbon dioxide, etc.
 Action verbs, e.g. These greenhouse let in heat from sunlight and trap it inside.
 Passive voice, e.g. It is result of heat energy being trapped by gases in the
atmosphere.
 Technical language, e.g. The main gases that produce the greenhouse effect on
Earth are water vapour and carbon dioxide
 General
statement

The greenhouse effect is a warning of the air around us. It gets its
name from the greenhouse that people use to grow plants. These
greenhouse let in heat from sunlight and trap it inside. Earth’s
atmosphere the layer of air that surround our planet also traps heat.
Greenhouse effect raises temperature at a planet’s surface. It is
result of heat energy being trapped by gases in the atmosphere.
Certain gases cause the atmosphere to act like the glasses in
greenhouse. As a result the temperature of a planet’s surface may be
higher than it otherwise would be on Earth about 330 C (590 F)
higher. The main gases that produce the greenhouse effect on Earth
are water vapour and carbon dioxide. Scientist suspect that increased
discharge of carbon dioxide from human activity (notably motor
transport and industry) is contributing to global warming.

Source: YP-Bina Arthika

Explanation
 QUESTIONS:
1. What is the text about?
a. The effect of greenhouse.
b. The profit of green house.
c. The process of greenhouse.
d. The contribution of global warming.
e. The definition of global warming.
2. The main idea of paragraph 2 is . . . .
a. The atmosphere climate
b. The changing of climate
c. The greenhouse gas effect
d. The greenhouse makes climate change
e. Usefulness of the greenhouse
3. “These green houses let in heat from sunlight and trap it
inside” (paragraph 1).
What does the underline word mean?
a. obstacle
b. give
c. snare
d. challenge
e. get

Source: YP-Bina Arthika