General Statement of Schematic Explanation
General Statement, Contains a general statement about a topic, which will explain the existence of its existence, the process of its occurrence, the process of its formation, etc. It must be concise, interesting and clear, which can arouse the reader's interest to read the details.
Sequence of explanations, Contains detailed explanation of the existence process, the process of occurrence. Very relative to answer the question how, the answer in the form of a statement or declarative sentence. The use of sequence markers is very possible considering the process needs to be explained in stages, first, second, third, etc. or first, next, last.
Closing, Contains conclusions or statements about the topic / process described.
Writing explanatory texts is a component that is learned in a teaching and learning activity. This text writing activity is an activity of the students' observations about the text. The final result of a learning is to write the results of student observations about this text, both the content, structure, and language contained in the explanatory text.
Characteristics of the Explanation Text
Explanation text has 3 characteristics that can facilitate us to distinguish between explanatory texts and other texts, the following will be an explanation of the three characteristics of explanatory texts.
The structure consists of general statements, the sequence of causes and effects and interpretations as explained above earlier.
Contains information based on "factual" facts.
The fact is that it contains scientific or scientific information such as science and others.
Rule of Text Explanation
Explanatory texts generally have the following language characteristics:
Focus on general "generic" non-human participants (nonhuman participants) such as earthquakes, floods, rain and air.
It is possible to use scientific terms.
Use more material and relational verbs "active verbs".
Use conjunctions of time and vows for example if, if, so, before, first and then.
Use passive sentences.
Explanations are written to justify that something explained causally is true.
Example Text Explanation of Social Phenomena
Street performer
The increasingly mushrooming street singers at this time, especially in big cities seems to cause its own problems. There are those who respond positively but many more respond negatively. Street buskers are dancers, singers, or music players who perform shows on the streets by moving - moving from one vehicle to another. Street buskers are attached to street child symbols depicted filthy, dirty, naughty, criminal, etc. The poor view of the public on street buskers raises its own problems that deserve to be discussed.
The negative stigma of the community towards the existence of buskers has been going on for a long time. Many factors cause this to happen. These factors, among others, because most people consider this profession bad. The public assumes that all street buskers are uneducated not familiar with the criminal black world, and many others. The factors above are only a handful of various reasons that arise in the community related to their negative responses to street buskers.
Many things are the background of people - to take to the streets and busking. Some are due to the economic pressure that requires them to take to the streets for a bite of rice. There is also a background for channeling their hobbies and interests. It is common for students who become buskers because their interests and hobbies are singing and playing music.
Communities in big cities that use private and public transportation modes may already be accustomed to the street buskers that blend with hawkers, beggars, homeless people, etc. The response of ordinary people about street buskers varied, some claimed to be quite entertained and happy about their existence. Many more feel annoyed and uncomfortable with them. The dream of buskers is made worse by the large number of criminal cases involving street buskers as the culprit.