EXPLANATION TEXT.

 

Definition

An Explanation text is a piece of non-fiction writing explaining an action, process, or event in a detailed but simple way

Social Function

An Explanation text is a kind of text which tells how or why something occurs. It looks at the process rather than the things itself.

Text Structure 

• title 

• general statement introducing or identifying the phenomenon 

• series of sequenced paragraphs 

• concluding paragraph 

• labelled diagrams and flow charts

Language Features

• The use of technical terms such as evaporation, and degradation if writing a water cycle explanation text.

• Action verbs and present tense such as runs, develops and becomes.

• Cause and effect terms such as because of.., due to.., therefore, and as a result.