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An explanation text is...
An account of a person's life written by another
An essay that tries to persuade the reader
A text explaining how something works or why something happens
A story that explains something that never happened
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Which of these is NOT an explanation text?
How tsunamis occur
How our brain works
How volcanoes erupt
How to restart your computer
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What does chronological mean?
In order of size
in alphabetical order
In order of importance
the order in which a series of events happened
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seesaw
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seesaw
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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The general statement gives the reader a brief introduction to the event/thing.
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False
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seesaw
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gift
Win 10 points!
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shark
Other team loses 20 points!
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thief
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Why do diagrams help the reader in an explanation text?
They make it look more exciting
They support facts and record data that is easily read
They tell the reader everything they need to know
They arouse the reader's curiosity
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Explanation texts are written in...
none of the above
future tense
present tense
past tense
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_________ explanations focus on explaining the cause and effect related to a particular phenomenon.
sequential
theoretical
causal
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star
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fairy
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banana
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Which one of the following is NOT a form of explanation text?
Causal
Theoretical
Relative
Sequential
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The life cycle of a butterfly would be classified as a _______ explanation text.
Theoretical
Sequential
Causal
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An explanation text is written to explain how and why something happens.
False
True
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The structure of an explanation text begins with...
a diagram
a title
an introduction
a general statement
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Which connective would explain a fact in an explanation text?
Moreover
Whether
Because
Finally
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Why are paragraphs in explanation texts important?
They break up the information into chronological order
They break up the information
They help the reader to stay focused
They make them look neat and pretty
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