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The document explains that explanation text is used to describe events or phenomena in detail. It provides the generic structure of explanation text, which includes a general statement, explanations, and a closing. The language features of explanation text are using simple present tense, passive voice, conjunctions, and time sequence. Two examples are then provided, one explaining the process of rain and one explaining butterfly metamorphosis through four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

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Explanation Text

The document explains that explanation text is used to describe events or phenomena in detail. It provides the generic structure of explanation text, which includes a general statement, explanations, and a closing. The language features of explanation text are using simple present tense, passive voice, conjunctions, and time sequence. Two examples are then provided, one explaining the process of rain and one explaining butterfly metamorphosis through four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

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Explanation Text adalah sebuah text yang berfungsi untuk menjelaskan

proses terjadinya suatu peristiwa atau suatu hal secara detail,


contoh peristiwa terjadinya hujan,tsunami,gempa bumi, badai(storm)
dan kejadian lainya yang memiliki unsur kejadian alam, budaya, sosial
dan lain-lain.
The Generic Structure of text :

1. General statement.

2. Explanations.

3. Closing.

Language Features :

1. Using simple present tense.

2. Passive voice.

3. Conjunction.

4. Time squence.

Example of Explanation text.

How Does Rain Happen?

We all know that rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the
world, providing suitable conditions for diverse ecosystems. Rain is water that
descends from the sky through several processes until the rain occurs. Do you know
how does rain happens?

The phenomenon of rain is actually a water circle. The concept of a water circle
includes the sun heating the Earth’s water surface and causing the water surface to
evaporate. Earth’s water includes water from lakes, rivers, and oceans. Then, the
water vapor experiences condensation and becomes condensed vapor. Condensed
vapor is formed from droplets so that when the air temperature is higher, it makes the
droplets gather, condensed, and formed into clouds. The presence of winds helps
clouds move and gather in other places that have lower temperatures. At that time, the
droplets become heavier and unstoppable and cause the droplets to fall so that there
is rain.

If the droplets drop in an area with very cold temperatures, the droplets will
drop as snow. However, not all rain reaches the surface. Some evaporate while falling
through dry air. This is called Virga, a phenomenon that is often seen in hot, dry desert
regions.

Butterfly Metamorphosis

To grow into an adult, butterflies go through 4 stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult.
Depending on the type of butterfly, the life cycle of a butterfly may take anywhere from
one month to a whole year.

A butterfly starts life as a very small, round, oval or cylindrical egg. The egg
hatches and the young one called larvae or caterpillar comes out of the egg. The
caterpillar first feeds on the egg shell from which it is born. It then starts feeding on the
leaves and starts to grow. Its exoskeleton (skin) does not stretch or grow, so it grows by
“molting” (sheding the outgrown skin) several times while it grows. As soon as a caterpillar
is done growing and it has reached its full length/weight, it forms itself into a pupa, also
known as a chrysalis. The pupa remains motionless in the chrysalis. In the chrysalis, the
pupa undergoes a series of changes. After about 15 days, a beautiful adult butterfly
emerges out of the chrysalis. When the butterfly comes out, it’s wings are small and wet,
then the butterfly pumps fluids into them to make them strong and to expand. After a few
hours, the wings become strong enough and the butterfly is able to fly.

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