By : Alfian Ari Sandi & Fachry Ichwanul Mahendra

What is Explanation?
 Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to
forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural
phenomena.
What is the purpose of explanation?
 Explanation text is to say 'why' and 'how' about the
forming of the phenomena.
Generic Structure of Explanation:
 • A general statement which describes or identifies
the phenomenon
 • Squenced of Explanation that tell how or why the
feature or process changes. Words should show cause
and effect.
 • Closing sums up the explanation and talks about its
applications; may also give examples
Language features Explanation Text
 Simple present tense
 Abstract noun
 Passive voice
 Action verbs
 Conjuction of time
 Tsunami
 General Statement -> The term of “tsunami” comes from the
Japanese which means harbour ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). A
tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or a
sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.

 Squenced of Explanation -> A tsunami will be generated when

the seafloor abruptly deforms and vertically displaces the
overlying water. Such large vertical movements of the earth's
crust can occur at plate boundaries.Subduction of earthquakes
are particularly effective in generating tsunami, and occur where
denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates.As the
displaced water mass moves under the influence of gravity to
regain its equilibrium, it radiates across the ocean like ripples on
a pond.

 Closing -> Tsunami always bring great damage. Most of the

damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial
wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods
powerfully into the coastal area.
 A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in
a lake or a sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.
(Simple Present Tense – P.1)

 A tsunami will be generated when the seafloor abruptly

deforms and vertically displaces the overlying water.
(Passive Voice – P.2)

 Height ( Abstract Noun – P.3)

 When (Conjuction of time – P.1 & P.2)

 Movements (Action Verb – P.2)

Exercise
 1. Tsunami happens because ....

 A. The displaced rock pushes water above it

 B. A major fault under the ocean floor slips suddenly
 C. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the
source
 D. The waves moves across the ocean until they reach
the beach
 E. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean
 2.What are the impacts of tsunami?

 A. The part of the Earth’s crust that slopes, or rises,

from the ocean floor down to the land
 B. A tsunami washes ashore with often disastrous
effects such as flooding and loss of lives
 C. A tsunami is a very large sea wave which is not
generated by a disturbance a long the ocean floor
 D. A tsunami is detectable far out in the ocean
 E. Once tsunami reaches shallow water, the wave never
grows very largey
 3.The text is tell about?...

 A.Tornado
 B.Flood
 C.Tsunami
 D.Rainy
 E.Earthquake
 4.The term of “tsunami” comes from the language
from.....

 A.France
 B.Land of Dawn
 C.Indonesian
 D.Japanesse
 E.Timor Timur
 5.Where is Disaster The great of tsunami in 2004?

 A.Laos
 B.afghanistan
 C.Borobudur
 D.Aceh
 E.Majalengka
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