1. Explanation text

2. What is explanation?
Speaking or writing about how or why things happen is called an explanation.

3. What is explanation text?
Explanation text type tells how something occurs. It looks at the steps rather than the things.

4. The purpose of an explanation text
The purpose of an explanation text is to tell each step of the process (the how) and to give reasons ( the why)

5. Some examples of explanation are:
How something occurs
Why something happens
Why things are alike or different

6. Features of an explanation

7. Constructing a written explanation
The steps for constructing a written explanation are:
A general statement about the event or thing
A series of paragraphs that tell the hows and the whys
A concluding paragraph

8. Language features in an explanation
The language feature usually found in an explanation are:
Technical language
Words that show cause and effect
Use the timeless present tense

9. Words showing cause and effect
As a consequence of
Because - hence
Caused by - led to
Gave rise to - brought about
As a result of - produced by
An effect of - resulted in
Therefore - contributed to
Resulted in

10. Words showing order At this point - soon Meanwhile - previously
First - next
Then - before
Before that
Afterwards
lastly