Explanation Text

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In this blog, I want to tell you about explanation text 📄

Explanation texts are pieces of writing that explain something. They might tell you how or why something happens, or give information on how to do something.

Some examples are:

• information books or leaflets

• recipes

• news or current affairs articles

• guides and manuals

Explanation texts often tell you about the parts of a process, usually written in chronological order – this means the process is described in the exact order that things happen or are done.

They are also written in an impersonal style, so don’t normally use the words ‘I’ or ‘you’. This helps the reader to focus better on the process being explained.

Instruction manuals and ‘How to…’ guides are very common types of explanation text. These give you instructions on how to do something.

'How to...' explanation texts:

• usually have a title, introduction and conclusion

• use short, simple sentences in the present tense

• can use numbered points, to present different steps clearly and logically

• can include diagrams and photographs, to help with explanation

• often have a glossary, listing the meanings of technical or complicated words alphabetically (shown in order from A–Z)

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