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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