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Understanding Tsunamis: Causes and Effects

This document discusses the structure of explanation texts. It begins with an introduction that provides a general statement about the topic. The explanation section then presents a sequence of events. It closes with a conclusion. Explanation texts often use the passive voice to describe events without mentioning actors. The document then provides an example of an explanation text about how tsunamis occur. It explains that earthquakes cause tectonic plates to shift, displacing water and creating tsunami waves. As the waves enter shallow coastal waters, they slow down and increase in height before crashing inland.

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Understanding Tsunamis: Causes and Effects

This document discusses the structure of explanation texts. It begins with an introduction that provides a general statement about the topic. The explanation section then presents a sequence of events. It closes with a conclusion. Explanation texts often use the passive voice to describe events without mentioning actors. The document then provides an example of an explanation text about how tsunamis occur. It explains that earthquakes cause tectonic plates to shift, displacing water and creating tsunami waves. As the waves enter shallow coastal waters, they slow down and increase in height before crashing inland.

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Chapter 8

HOW DOES IT OCCUR?

STRUCTURE OF EXPLANATION TEXT


Purpose: To tell how and why things or events work or occur

An explanation text consist of


 Introduction: general statement,description of the topic.
 Explanation: a sequence of events.
 Closing : conclusion

Explanation texts often use passive voice (present).


Subject + to be (is/are) + past participle (verb 3)
My series is called the Tsunami Road Show.
Many new houses are built for them

STRUCTURE OF EXPLANATION TEXT


In the last decade,tsunami have occurred all around the [Link] are usually caused
by [Link] how does a tectonic tsunami happen?
First,when an earthquake happens,a tectonic plate on one side of the fault falls
[Link] causes water to move forward with the trough of the wave at its front.
Then,as a tsunami leaves the deep water of the open ocean and travels into the
shallower water near the coast,it [Link] the water depth decreases,the tsunami
[Link],as the tsunami’s speed diminished,its height [Link] is called
[Link] of it, a tsunami that is unnoticeable at sea may grow to be several
metres or more in height near the coast.
Tsunami begin to lose energy as they rush onshore,but still reach the coast with
tremendous amount of [Link] can strip a large amount of sand from the beach
and take away [Link] can also cause flooding hundreds of metres inland and crush
homes and coastal structures.

An undersea earthquake in the indian ocean on 26 Dec.2004 produced a tsunami


that caused on of the biggest natural disasters in modern [Link] devastated the
shores of parts of Indonesia,Sri Langka,India,Thailand,and other countries and reached
as far as Somalia.
IT CAN BE EXPLAINED
Kompetensi Dasar.
3.5 Menerapkan fungsi sosial,struktur teks,dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi
transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan
meminta informasi terkait keadaan/tindakan/kegiatan/kejadian tanpa perlu
menyebutkan pelakunya dalam teks ilmiah,sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya. (perhatikan unsur kebahasaan passive voice!).
3.8 Membedakan fungsi sosial,struktur teks,dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa
teks eksplanasi lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait gejala alam atau sosial yang tercakup dalam mata pelajaran lain di
kelas XI ,sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
4.5 Menyusun teks transaksional lisan dan tulis yang memberi dan meminta
informasi terkait keadaan/tindakan/kegiatan/kejadian tanpa perlu
menyebutkan pelakunya dalam teks ilmiah,dengan memperhatikan fungsi
sosial,struktur teks,dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks.
4.8 Menangkap makna secara kontekstual terkait fungsi sosial,struktur
teks,dan unsur kebahasaan teks explanasi lisan dan tulis,terkait gejala alam
atau sosial yang tercakup dalam mata pelajaran lain di kelas XI.

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