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2 Contoh Explanation Text dalam Bahasa Inggris beserta Struktur Penulisannya
17 Agustus 2023 16:46 WIB
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Dalam sebuah explanation text bertujuan untuk menjelaskan proses-proses yang terjadi dalam pembentukan atau kegiatan terkait. Biasanya teks tersebut berasal dari pertanyaan penulis terkait "why" dan "how" untuk menguraikan peristiwa yang terjadi.
Contoh Explanation Text
Dalam menulis teks tersebut biasanya menggunakan bahasa Inggris . Mengutip dari buku Bongkar Soal UNBK SMA/MA IPA 2020 oleh Eli Trisnowati, M.Pd. & Smart Teachers Team (2019:91), berikut ini contoh explanation text yang bisa dipahami.
1. How Earthquakes Happen
Earthquake is one of the most destroying natural disasters. Unluckily it often happens in several regions. Recently a horrible earthquake has shaken West Sumatera. It has brought great damages. Why did it occur? Do yo know how an earthquake happens?
Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves. It makes the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing againts each other, they stick a little. They don't just slide smoothly. The rocks are still pushing againts each other, but not moving. After a while, the rocks break because of all the pressure that's built up. When the rocks break, the earthquake occurs.
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During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start moving, and they continue to move until they get stuck again. The spot underground where the rock breaks is called the focus of the earthquake. The place right above the focus is called the epicanter of the earthquake.
2. Tsunami
Tsunamis occur when a mayor fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. The ocean wave spread out from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of earth's crust that slopes, or rises, from ocean floor up the land.
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Tsunamis wash ashore with often disastrous effect such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property.
A tsunami is very large sea wave that is generated by disturbance along the ocean floor. This disturbance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast-traveling wave grows very large.
Struktur Penulisan Explanation Text
Pada saat membuat explanation text harus sesuai dengan struktur penulisannya. Mengutip dari buku Trik Cerdas Bank Soal Bahasa Indonesia & Inggris: Solusi Efektif Penguasaan Materi & Soal-Soal Ujian karya Tim Solusi Cerdas (304), dalam menulis explanation text terdapat tiga struktur yang dapat dipelajari.
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1. General Statement
Pada bagian ini berisi tentang penjelasan umum tentang fenomena yang akan dibahas, bisa berupa pengenalan fenomena tersebut atau penjelasannya.
2. Sequenced Of Explanation
Struktur yang kedua ini berisi tentang penjelasan proses mengapa fenomena tersebut bisa terjadi atau tercipta.
3. Closing
Bagain terakhir dalam explanation text ini berisi tentang langkah akhir yang dijelaskan pada bagian sequenced of explanation.
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Pemahaman tentang contoh explanation text dapat membantu dalam mengetahui struktur dan ciri bahasa yang digunakan dalam teks tersebut. Semoga bermanfaat. (NTA)