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Explanation Writing

Explanation Writing

Purpose: Explanation Writing explains how or why something happens or how something works.

Structure

• A general statement to introduce the topic E.g in the Autumn some birds migrate

• Series of logical steps explaining how or why something occurs  E.g  because hours of daylight shorten. [Body in paragraphs]

• Steps continue until the final state is produced or explanation is complete .

Features

• Present tense, E.g many birds fly south .

• Connectives that signal time, E.g then,  next, several months later.

• Causal connectives, E.g because, so, this causes.

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