1.
Descriptive
Text
Kane (2000: 352), Descriptive text
is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is
about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of
perception. Jadi, jika disimpulkan dari penjelasan Kane di atas, tulisan
deskriptif bermakna teks yang menjelaskan tentang pengalaman yang berhubungan
dengan pancaindera, seperti apa bentuknya, suaranya, rasanya. Kebanyakan teks
deskriptif memang tentang pengalaman visual, tapi nyatanya pengalaman selain
dari indera penglihatanpun bisa digunakan dalam descriptive text.
Namun secara khusus, descriptive
text adalah, "...... is a text which says what a person or a thing is
like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or
thing." [teks yang menjelaskan gambaran seseorang atau benda. Tujuannya
adalah mengambarkan atau mengungkapkan orang, tempat atau benda tertentu].
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Struktur
teks descriptive terdiri dari.
v
Identification
: berisi penggambaran umum obyek yang akan dideskripsikan.
v
Description
: berisi penggambaran secara detail mengenai obyek yan dideskripsikan.
Contoh
Descriptive Text
My Garden
I love gardening. I have a small
garden in my backyard. In the garden, there are some flowers. There are
daffodils, Cambodian flowers, orchids, red roses and white lilies. My oldest
daughter, Annisa, is crazy about red roses. She always helps me watering the
flowers in the afternoon. I love all the flowers in my garden.
(Simple Present Tense)
2.
Narrative
Text
Teks narrative adalah sebuah teks
yang berisi cerita dan kisah suatu kejadian yang mengikuti alur waktu penulis.
Teks narrative biasanya digunakan sebagai hiburan bagi para pembaca dengan
berbagai kejadian seolah-olah kejadian tersebut benar-benar dialami pembaca. Menurut
Derewianka (1991), the purpose of narratives is to entertain, to teach or
inform, to embody the writer’s reflections on experience, and to nourish and
extend the reader’s imagination.
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Struktur
teks narrative adalah sebagai berikut.
v Orientation:
berisi pengenalan cerita yang akan diangkat biasanya terdapat pengelan tokoh
dan latar belakang lainnya.
v Complication:
berisi inti cerita dari kisah tersebut yang ditandai dengan adanya konflik yang
terjadi terhadap tokoh cerita.
v Resolution:
bagian akhir dari sebuah cerita yang ditandai dengan penyelesaian konflik.
v Coda: berisi
kesimpulan dari cerita.
Contoh
Narrative Text
The Mouse And
The Frog
Once,
there was a mouse which made of close friendship with a frog.
One day, the frog said to the mouse;
“Let’s bind ourselves together with a string so that we may never get
separated”. The mouse agreed. Both tied themselves together leg to leg. It went
quite well on land. When they came to a small pool, it was a tragic for the
mouse.
In the end, the frog kept swimming
across the small pool dragging the mouse with him. Soon, the mouse drowned and
floated on the surface of the pool.
Orientation
dalam contoh tersebut terdapat pada ada seekor tikus yang berteman baik dengan
katak. Complication pada bagian ketika tikus dan katak sepakat mengikat diri
mereka dengan seutas tali agar tidak terpisahkan. Namun musibah bagi tikus saat
mencapai ke kolam. Resolution dan coda pada bagian katak yang tetap berenang
menyebrangi kolam sambil menyeret tikus yang sudah mengapung di permukaan.
3.
Report
Text
Report merupakan teks yang berisi
informasi apa saja yang terjadi dalam sebuah lingkup. Tujuan umum dari teks
report adalah memberikan gambaran umum tentang kejadian yang baru saja terjadi
melalui pengamatan dan analisis yang sistematis. report dalam concise oxford
dictionary edisi 10, diartikan sebagai (1) an account given of a matter after
investigation or consideration. (2) a piece of information about an event or
situation. jika disimpulkan, secara bahasa report text adalah teks yang
berfungsi untuk memberikan informasi tentang suatu peristiwa atau situasi,
setelah diadakannya investigasi dan melalui berbagai pertimbangan.
·
Struktur
dari report adalah sebagai berikut.
v
General
classification: berisi gambaran umum mengenai suatu kejadian.
v
Description:
berisi deskripsi dari kejadian yang ingin disampaikan.
Contoh
Report Text
Thunder
Lightning
Thunder Lightning is a sudden,
shocked, and very fast electric force between the cloud and ground, or between
clouds. The speed of thunder can be
several miles long. It is so hot, with average temperatures of 34,000 °
Celsius, that cause surrounding air suddenly expanding with a loud explosion
and sounds. This is why sometimes we can hear thunder. The most dangerous type
of cloud caused by lightening is called cumulonimbus. (report text).
When the cloud rises high enough,
the moisture freezes and creates crystal ices and snowflakes. It began to fall,
pushing the rain on the way down. This is more humid, rainy air, and it is the
friction between those who generate static electricity. When the cloud is fully
charged with electricity, it will burst as a flash of lightning. So lightning
suddenly appears before the rain and the sounds are very loud.
Pada contoh diatas, general
classification berada pada penjelasan bahwa petir adalah gesekan listrik yang
terjadi secara tiba-tiba, seketika, dan sangat cepat antara awan dengan tanah
atau antara awan dengan awan. Kalimat selanjutnya masuk pada description.
4.
Recount
Text
Recount is the text telling the
reader what happened. It retells a past event. It begins by telling the reader
who was involved, what happened, where this event took place and when it happened
(Pardiyono, 2007: 63). Recount is written to retell events with the purpose of
either informing or entertaining their audience (or both). Teks recount
merupakan sebuah bentuk teks yang biasanya digunakan untuk menceritakan
kejadian masa lampau. Ciri utama dari teks recount adalah kalimat yang
berbentuk lampau atau past tense.
·
Struktur
dari recount adalah sebagai berikut.
v
Orientation:
paragraf pembuka yang berisi pengenalan dan latar belakang kejadian.
v
Events:
paragraf berisi kejadian yang pernah dialami oleh subyek.
v
Reorientation:
berisi kesimpulan dari kejadian yang dialami.
simple past tense
Contoh
Recount Text
School Holiday
On my fantastic school holidays I had a lot of
things to do. First, I went to my best friend’s house for a sleep over because
my whole family went out. I also went to the cinema with my lover to see movie.
It was a very funny movie. The next morning I went to my grandparent’s house
with my dad and my brother. My mother did not join us because she had to to do
with her job activities. On the second Monday I went to the cinemas again to
see Monsters University. It was really funny movie. My favorite character was
Mike Wazowski. I went to see that movie with my mom and my brother. When it
came to Wednesday, Taylor came for a play and we had a picnic at the park but
after a while Tay had to go home earlier. That was a great holiday.
Orientation pada kalimat yang menceritakan
kegiatan yang dilakukan saat liburan. Kemudian event pada paragraf tersebut ada
pada saat menceritakan pengalamannya tidur dirumah teman dan menonton sebuah
film bersama keluarga. Kemudian reorientation terdapat pada kalimat terakhir
saat Angelina dating untuk bermain dan
subyek merasa liburannya sangat menyenangkan.
5.
Procedure
Text
Procedure text is a text that is designed to describe how
something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps. It explains how
people perform different processes in a sequence of steps. This text uses
simple present tense, often imperative sentences. It also uses the temporal
conjunction such as first, second, then, next, finally, etc.Dilihat dari nama
teksnya, dapat kita pastikan bahwa teks procedure berisi teks yang menjelaskan
langkah-langkah dan cara untuk melakukan sesuatu dengan benar.
·
Struktur
dalam teks procedure terdiri dari.
v Aim/goal: berisi
pemaparan tujuan dari proses pembuatan sesuatu.
v Materials:
berisi barang dan benda yang digunakan dalam proses pembuatan.
v Steps: berisi
proses dan langkah-langkah pembuatan sesuatu.
Contoh
Procedure Text
How to make a
sandwich (aim/goal)
You
need (materials)
Ø 2 slices of
bread
Ø peanut butter
Ø a banana
Ø honey
What
you should do are : (steps)
Ø
Take
two slices of bread
Ø
Spread
peanut butter
Ø
Cut
up a banana onto small slices and put them on one of the slices
Ø
Pour
some honey over the bananas
Ø
Put
the other slice of bread on top
6.
Review
Text
Review text is an evaluation of a
publication, such as a movie, video game, musical composition, book; a piece of
hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance,
such as a live music concert, a play, musical theatre show or dance show.Review
adalah sebuah teks yang berisi komentar dan evaluasi mengenai suatu barang atau
produk tertentu.
·
Struktur
dari review teks adalah sebagai berikut.
v
Orientation : berisi pengenalan mengenai barang
atau produk tersebut,
v
Interpretation : berisi penilaian dari barang atau
produk yang dibahas.
v
Evaluation : berisi evaluasi dan komentar penulis
terhadan barang atau produk tersebut.
v Summary :di bagian ini Anda bisa menjelaskan
apakah karya atau benda yang direviewnya berharga atau tidak untuk calon
pembeli yaitu pembaca. Atau apakah harga yang ditawarkan sesuai dnegan
kualitasnya, atau jika yang di review merupakan film atau lagu, apakah
akan worth it untuk
di tonton atau di dengar.
Contoh
Review Text
Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92% Soothing
Gel
Introduction
Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92%
Soothing Gel is a product of a famous skin care brand from South Korea. The
texture of the gel is thick and the colour is clear green. This product can be
applied on your skin for various purposes such as: moisturizing sleeping pack,
base for your Make Up, aftershave remedy, hair gel/hair treatment, eye mask,
sunburn treatment, nail essence, and also as lotion for your whole body. This
product contains extract from aloe vera leaf, alcohol and spearmint extract. It
can easily be found in many online shops and also marketplace on the internet
with the price around 100 to 150 thousands rupiah.
Evaluation
The initial package of the product
is round bowl made of thick plastic with tight cap on top of it. The colour of
the package is green. There are two large round stickers containing the name of
the product and also the elements or ingredients of the product on the cap and
on the bottom of the package. The initial package contains 300 ml of the aloe
vera gel. Currently, this product is also available in the form of tube which
contains 250 ml of the gel.
Interpretation
The original package of the product
is too large to be brought in a trip, but we can solve it by having the tube
version instead of the bowl version. The description of the product on the
sticker is in Korean, so it may not be friendly for users from other countries
such as Indonesia. The texture of the gel allow us to use just a few of it every
time we want to apply it to our skin, so it is very economical. The combination
of alcohol and also spearmint extract has made the fragrance of aloe vera from
the gel to be strong, it may be relaxing and fresh for some users but may also
be uncomfortable for others.
Summary
This product is very good for our
skin, it can help us to nourish our skin so we can have beautiful, glowing and
healthy skin. The price may seems expensive, but as we only need to take small
amount of it when we use it, it is going to be worth it. Users with sensitive
skin may want to be careful in using the product because it contains alcohol.
7.
.
Spoof Text
Menurut para ahli, spoof text
didefinisikan sebagai cerita yang mempunyai akhir tak terduga. Definisi ini
didasarakan pada pengertian yang diberikan dalam buku rujukan jenis teks bahasa
Inggris, Text Forms and Features, yang disusun oleh Rachmat Wahidi, teks spoof
adalah: Spoof is a text which tells factual story, happened in the past time
with unpredictable and funny ending.
Jadi definisi yang benar teks spoof
adalah suatu wacana tertulis yang memuat cerita dan berakhir dengan kisah yang
tak terduga. Bagian akhir dari cerita ini yang membuat cerita tersebut menjadi
lucu. Selanjutnya tujuan komunikatif dari teks spoof adalah untuk menghibur dan
berbagi cerita dengan para pembaca
·
.Struktur
pada teks spoof terdiri dari.
v Orientation : berisi pengenalan dan pembukaan cerita.
v Event : berisi penjabaran dari kisah
yang dialami.
v Twist : berisi akhir dari cerita
tersebut.
Contoh
Spoof Text
Sum Ting Wong.
Jacky Wong got married with Lia
Wong. Both of them had a white skin and straight hair. They are really a
well-matched couple. One year later, Wong family got a new baby. A nurse
brought them a son with curly hair and a black skin. The nurse congratulated
and said, “What name will you give to this son?” With a confused face, Jacky
Wong grumbled, “Sum Ting Wong!”
8.
Announcement
Text
Menurut ahli, seperti meriam webster,
kata announcement didefinisikan sebagi berikut: a written or spoken statement
that tells people about something : public or formal words that announce . teks
dalam Bahasa Inggirs yang berisi tentang pengumuman suatu acara atau
pemberitahuan pada umum.
struktur nya yaitu title and explanation,
sedangkan bagiannya yaitu:
v The Tittle:
yaitu berisi tema atau judul mengenai informasi yang akan kita berikan.
v Date, Time,
Place: Berisi tanggal, waktu dan tempat dilaksanakanya acara atau informasi
mengenai acara tersebut.
v Contact Person:
Berisi nomor telpon atau e-mail yang dapat di hubungi.
Announcement
To all student of 13 State School, we would
like to inform you that there will be Art Show in our school. The show will be
held:
Date : On Sunday, 21 December 2020
Time : Started at 10 am to 10 pm
Place : Hall of 13 State School
Please, wear
your best clothes and spark the art show.
Thank
You!
9.
Advertisement
Text
Advertisement is a text that
announce a something that appeals to many poeple to use the product or service.
Advertisement adalah media pemasaran yang bertujuan untuk mengajak pendengar
atau pembaca untuk membeli atau menggunakan barang atau jasa yang ditawarkan
dalam iklan tersebut.
Tidak ada aturan tertentu dalam
pembuatan sebuah iklan, namun biasanya iklan yang bagus harus persuasif. Jadi,
format dalam advertisment text harus berupa kalimat yang simple, clear, short,
persuasive, dan nggunakan slogan yang menarik.
- Generic Structure
Advertisement (Periklanan) (
v Purpose (tujuan )Apa itu tujuan dari penulis untuk menulis teks iklan?
v Name of product (Nama Produk) ini adalah tentang nama dan merek.
Apa produk, Layanan atau acara untuk menjual?
v User (pengguna) Yang membutuhkan produk? Ares apa produk dan layanan untuk?
contoh
advertisement text
10.
Anecdote
text
Anecdote is a text which retells
funny and unusual incidents in fact or imagination. Its purpose is to entertain
the readers. (Text yang menceritakan kembali kejadian ganjil atau kejadian yang
tidak biasa baik fakta maupun imajinasi)Anecdote text dalam bahasa inggris
adalah teks untuk menceritakan hal-hal ganjil yang biasanya terjadi pada masa
lampau. Selain itu, anecdote text juga berfungsi untuk menghibur pembaca
melalui ceritanya.
·
Generic
Structure Anecdote Text
v Abstract : awal cerita terjadinya suatu
peristiwa
v Orientation :
mulai memperkenalkan setting atau latar terjadinya suatu peristiwa.
v Crisis : berisi keganjalan yang terjadi
pada cerita tersebut.
v Reaction : mulai mengakhiri keganjilan yang
terjadi.
v Coda : berisi kesimpulan atau amanat
dalam cerita.
Contoh
Anecdote Text
The Whole Word
Stinks By John C. Maxwell
Wise men and philosophers throughout
the ages have disagreed on many things, but many are in unanimous agreement on
one point: “We become what we think about.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A man is
what he thinks about all day long.” The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius put it
this way: “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” In the Bible we find:
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.”
One Sunday afternoon, a cranky
grandfather was visiting his family. As he lay down to take a nap, his grandson
decided to have a little fun by putting Limburger cheese on Grandfather’s
mustache. Soon, grandpa awoke with a snort and charged out of the bedroom
saying, “This room stinks.” Through the house he went, finding every room
smelling the same. Desperately he made his way outside only to find that “The
whole world stinks!”
So it is when we fill our minds with
negativism. Everything we experience and everybody we encounter will carry the
scent we hold in our mind.
11.
News Item text
Menurut Oxford English Dictionary,
news item text is a text which inform readers about events of the day (News
item text adalah jenis teks yang memberikan informasi mengenai kejadian atau
peristiwa harian. News item merupakan salah satu jenis teks dalam bahasa
Inggris yang digunakan jika Anda ingin belajar menjadi seorang jurnalis handal.News
item text dalam bahasa inggris adalah teks yang menyajikan sebuah berita baru
dengan tujuan untuk memberikan informasi paling update yang terjadi.
Dalam buku Text Forms and Features,
yang ditulis oleh Rachmat Wahidi, news item text didefinisikan sebagai: News
item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are
considered newsworthy or important. Jadi pengertian dari news item text adalah
suatu tulisan yang memberikan informasi kepada pembacanya tentang kejadian
harian. Tidak semua kejadian atau peristiwa bisa dijadikan materi news item
tapi hanya peritiwa yang dianggap punya nilai berita (newsworthy). Salah satu
unsur newsworthy adalah peristiwa yang unik, tidak umum, alias aneh yang
terjadi di suatu tempat dan waktu tertentu
·
Generic
Structure News Item
v Main event :
berisi berita utama mengenai suatu hal yang terjadi.
v Background :
berisi dari mana peristiwa tersebut terjadi
v Source :sumber
dari mana berita tersebut berasal.
Contoh News Item Text
Three people have been killed and
eight others injured in a hand grenade blast at a packed village nightclub.
The explosion in Idvor, north of
Belgrade, occurred at 2:30 a.m. Sunday (0030 GMT Sunday; 8:30 p.m. EDT
Saturday) when a man activated the grenade at the entrance to the club. About
150 customers were inside at the time.
Such incidents aren’t unusual in
Serbia since the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s when many hand grenades and
firearms were taken home from warfronts.
Serbia’s state TV says the man was
angry because he and three of his friends were refused entry by the club’s
security. He and one of his friends were killed in the blast.
This example of news item text is
taken and arranged from
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/killed-nightclub-blast-serbia-16484353
12. Discussion
text
Merupakan sebuah
teks yang menyajikan sebuah isu atau informasi dengan memaparkan beberapa
pendapat para pakar yang dibidangnya dan biasanya pendapat yang dipaparkan
tersebut bertentangan (pro dan kontra). Menggunakan simple present.
Struktur teks:
Issue = pemaparan tentang isu yang akan
dibahas atau didiskusikan dalam tulisan tersebut
Argument for
‘agains’ point = pandangan terhadap isu yang sedaang dibahas atau didiskusikan
dengan mengambil pendapat para ahli atau juga tanpa menyebutkan siapa yang
berpendapat
Elaboration =
penulis harus memberikan elaborasi tentang beberapa pendapat yang telah
dipaparkan
Conclusion =
kesimpulan
Contoh teks:
Is X-Ray
Examination Necessary?
Student, can you
show me your hands? Right! And can you show me your head? Excellent! But, can
you show me your stomach? Hmm.... can you show me your lungs? No? Why? Yeah,
you’re right. Because they are inside our body. So what do you think, how can
we see the internal parts of our body? Yes. We use an X-Ray. So, what is an
X-Ray? Does anybody know? No? Well, an X-Ray isa spectrum of light. It is
radiated through our body. It is used for detecting our internalbody organs. Am
I making myself clear? Well, let me continue. Where can you find an X-Ray? Yes,
that’s right. It is in hospital. And do you know who invented X-Ray? Does
anybody knows? No? Oh come on...nobody remembers the name? Well, the X-Ray was
invented by a German scientist, William Conrad Rontgen. Where was I? Oh O.K.
hm... when do people use an X-Ray? Correct. When they are ill. I mean when
there is something wrong in their internal parts of their body. Can you give
any examples of illnesses? When people have these diseases they need an X-Ray
to check. Yes, cancer.... kidney trouble...heart trouble....tumors, etc.
Students, do you know that there are many conflicting opinions about the use of
an X-Ray in a hospital? Issue
Well, look at
the chart! 60% of people agree that an X-Ray examination in beneficial.
Argument for ‘against’ point
They say that
doctors should use an X-Ray in examining a severe illness. If doctors don’t use
an X-Ray, they could miss some important information which is very useful in
making a diagnosis on a patient’s disease. And this will sometimes cause a
doctor to be inaccurate in prescribing medicine to cure an illness. Elaboration
However, not all
patiens agree with the use of an X-Ray examination. Look at the chart again.
40% of patiens disagree with the use of an X-Ray examination. Do you know why?
Guess what? Argument for ‘against’ point
They think that
using an X-Ray will cost them a lot of money. I’m not surprised. That’s really
true. Another reason is the radiation of an X-Ray has some risks to body
tissues. Elaboration
Well, as a
result of this controversy, many people use traditional health cure to avoid
the high cost of hospital care. However, hospitals still insist on having X-Ray
examinations on patients to get an accurate diagnosis although the cost is very
high. Conclusion
13. Hortatory
exposition
Merupakan teks
yang menjelaskan sebuah teori/ masalah secara komprehensif dengan tujuan
mendorong orang lain melakukan/ tidak melakukan sesuatu.
Struktur teks:
Thesis/ general
statement = berisi pernyataan pembuka mengenai topik pembahasan
Arguments = berisi
berbagai pembahasan lanjutan dari thesis secara detail. Arguments boleh
pendapat pribadi penulis dan juga bisa berisi pendapat para pakar.
Recommendation =
berisi saran penulis tentang topik pembahasan
Contoh:
Should Ads Be
Banned From TV Programs?
I am writing to
complain about ads on TV. There are so many ads, especially during my favorite
programs. I think they should be stopped for a number of reasons. Thesis
First, ads are a
nuisance. They go on for a long time and there are so many. Sometimes there
seems to be more ads than programs. Arguments
Second, ads are
a bad influence on people. They try to encourage people to buy unhealthy food
like beers, soft drinks, candies, and chips. In other words, they make people
want things they do not really need and cannot afford. Arguments
Finally, ads
play role in what program people watch. That is because there are lots ads in
popular programs that a lot of people watch. Some programs which are not so
popular get stopped because they do not attract enough ads, even though those
programs may be someone’s favorite.
For those
reasons, I think TV station should stop showing ads. They interrupt programs.
They are bad influence on people and they sometimes put a stop to people’s
favorite shows. I am sick of ads and now I mostly watch movie in cinema.
Recommendation
(Taken from:
steps to write)
14. Analytical
exposition
Teks ini hampir
sama dengan teks hortatory exposition, hanya saja teks anamytical exposition
memiliki satu struktur yang berbeda.
Struktur teks:
Thesis/ general
statement = berisi pernyataan pembuka mengenai topik pembahasan
Arguments =
berisi berbagai pembahasan lanjutan dari thesis secara detail. Arguments boleh
pendapat pribadi penulis dan juga bisa berisi pendapat para pakar.
Reiteration =
mengulangi pernyataan dari kalimat sebelumnya untuk lebih mempertegaskan lagi
sebuah topik
Contoh :
Being Fat
Matters
Do you know if
you are too fat, you may have serious problems with your health? A group of
doctors wrote a report about some of the effect of too much fat. Thesis
One important
effect is on the heart. If you are fat, your heart has to work harder.this may
lead to a heart attack, or it may lead to other heart problem. Arguments
In addition,
extra fat can also change the amount of sugar in your blood. This can cause
serious disease such as diabetes. Arguments
Furthermore high
blood pressure is another possible result of being fat. Arguments
More studies are
needed about all these problems. But one thing is clear, extra fat may make
your life shorter. Reiteration
(Adapted from:
Let’s write english)
15.
Explanation
Text
Menurut Oxford English Dictionary,
Explanation is a statement or account that makes something clear. Dalam bahasa
Indonesia, eksplanasi juga sering diartikan sebagai penjelasan. Oleh karena
itu, tujuan komunikatif dari explanation text adalah penjelasan mengenai
fenomena sosial, alam, atau budaya. Explanation text dalam bahasa inggris
adalah teks yang menjelaskan terjadinya suatu peristiwa secara jelas dan
lengkap, dan terinci.
·
Generic
Structure Explanation Text
v Tittle : judul
atau tema yang akan kita jelaskan.
v Definition :
definisi terhadap text tersebut.
v Description :
deskripsi terhadap sesuatu hal tersebut
v Process :
ypenjelasan mengenai proses yang terjadi.
v Application :
berisi pengaplikasian nya atau penerapanya.
v Berikut ini
adalah contoh dari explanation text dalam Bahasa Inggris
Contoh
Explanation Text
Why Summer
Daylight is Longer than Winter Daylight
In the summer, the amount of
daylight that we get is more than we get in winter. This is not because as much
people think we are closer to the sun but because of the tilt of the earth.
The earth is actually closer to the
sun in winter than it is in summer but you would be forgiven for thinking that
this can not be true after looking out of your window on a cold and frosty
morning.
It seems strange that as the earth
get closer to the sun during its orbit then the amount of daylight that we get
decrease. But that is the case. It is the tilt of the earth that determine the
amount of daylight that we get and so the length of time that for us the sun is
above the horizon.
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General
statement: Stating the phenomenon that is the daylight in summer is longer than
in winter.
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Explanation:
It is the tilt of the earth that determines the amount of daylight not the
distance of the earth from the sun.
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Language
Feature Analysis on Explanation Text
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Focusing
generic participant: daylight.
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Using
chronological connection: then, so, but.
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Using
passive voice: you would be forgiven.
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Using
present tense: the earth is actually closer to the sun.
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