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Explanation Text Materi Bahasa Inggris Kelas 11 SMA/SMK/MA

This explanation text discusses the structure of explanation texts and provides an example about lightning: 1. Explanation texts provide clear explanations about social, natural, or cultural phenomena to tell readers how or why something works or happens. 2. They generally have an introductory statement, explanations in paragraphs that describe causes and effects, and a concluding statement that ties it all together. 3. The example text on lightning first introduces it, then explains how electrical charges build up between clouds and the earth, causing lightning when the potential difference becomes great enough. It concludes by noting lightning is more common in rainy conditions.

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Explanation Text Materi Bahasa Inggris Kelas 11 SMA/SMK/MA

This explanation text discusses the structure of explanation texts and provides an example about lightning: 1. Explanation texts provide clear explanations about social, natural, or cultural phenomena to tell readers how or why something works or happens. 2. They generally have an introductory statement, explanations in paragraphs that describe causes and effects, and a concluding statement that ties it all together. 3. The example text on lightning first introduces it, then explains how electrical charges build up between clouds and the earth, causing lightning when the potential difference becomes great enough. It concludes by noting lightning is more common in rainy conditions.

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Chapter 3

Explanation
Text
Nama Kelompok
1. Eva Ardilla Daulatil (14)
2. Karina Shavira Putri (16)
What is
01 Explanation Text
mean ?
Explanation Text
explanation text is a text to provide a clear explanation. Usually, explanation
text contains explanations about social, natural, or cultural phenomena. The
purpose of writing this text is to tell the reader about how something works
or why something happens.
What is the
02 general structure
of explanation
text ?
Explanation Text Structure
1.General statement
Provide an introduction to topics such as explanations of general information.
2.Explanation(explanation)
Use paragraphs or statements that explain how or why something happened. Write
down connections such as cause and effect or temporal sequences.
3. Closing (cover)
Contains a strong closing paragraph or sentence that brings together the general
statement and previous explanation.
03 Example of
explanation text
Lightning
(General Statement)
Lightning is a natural phenomenon that usually appears in the rainy season when the sky gives rise to a
momentary flash of blinding light. A few moments later, followed by a thunderous sound called thunder.
This difference in time of appearance is due to the difference between the speed of sound and the speed
of light.

(Explanation)
Lightning occurs because there's a potential difference between the cloud and the earth or with other
clouds. The process of the occurrence of charge on the cloud because it moves continuously regularly,
and during its movement it will interact with other clouds so that negative charges will gather on one
side (up or down), while positive charges gather on the opposite side.
Lightning
If the potential difference between the cloud and the earth is large enough, there will be a discharge of
negative charges (electrons) from the cloud to the earth or vice versa to reach equilibrium. In this
discharge process, the medium through which electrons pass is air. When electrons are able to penetrate
the air insulation threshold, a sound explosion occurs.

(Closing)
Lightning is more common in the rainy season, because in that condition, the air contains a higher
moisture content so that the insulation power drops and the current flows more easily. Because there are
negatively charged clouds and positively charged clouds, lightning can also occur between clouds of
different charges.
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