Earthquakes are dreaded by everyone. Because without any prior warning, leaving catastrophe in their wake with terrible loss of human lives as well as economicloss. Technically, an earthquake (also known as tremor, quake or temblor) is a kind of vibration through the earth's crust. Earthquakes are classified as largeandsmall.

1. Large earthquakes usually begin with slighe tremon but rapidly take form of violent shocks.
2. Small earthquakes are usually slight tremors and do not cause much damage.

PEMBAHASAN

Explanation Text adalah jenis teks dalam Bahasa Inggris yang berisi penjelasan tentang sebuah fenomena yang terjadi dan salah contohnya, yaitu teks dalam soal di atas dengan judul:

• Earthquakes atau gempa bumi.

Berikut adalah Struktur dari Explanation Text:

(1) General statement adalah "Pernyataan Umum" yang berisi pengenalan mengenai topik yang dibahas, yaitu berupa informasi umum.

• Earthquakes-being among the most deadly natural hazards-strike without any prior warning, leaving catastrophe in their wake with terrible loss of human lives as well ac economicloss.

(2) Explanation adalah "penjelasan" yang menjelaskan mengenai topik tersebut bisa terjadi dan di dalamnya berisi sebab dan akibat atau urutan secara temporal.

• Technically, an earthquake (also known as tremor, quake or temblor) is a kind of vibration through the earth's crust. This vibration occurs as a result of powerful movement of rocks in the earth's crust. These powerful movements trigger a rapid release of energy that creates seismic waves that travel through the earth.
• Earthquakes are usually briet, but may repeat overa long period of time. (Earth Science. 2001) Earthquakes are classified as large and small. Large earthquakes usually begin with slighe tremon but rapidly take form of violent shocks. The vibrations from a large earthquake last for a few days known as aftershocks. Small earthquakes are usually slight tremors and do not cause much damage. Large earthquakes are known to take down buildings and cause death and injury (Richter, 1935). According to some statistics, there may be an average of 500,000 earth- quakes every year but only about 100,000 can be felt and about 100 of so can cause damage each year.

(3) Closing adalah "penutup" yang berisi paragraf atau bisa juga berupa kalimat penutup.

• Earthquakes are dreaded by everyone.

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• Kelas: 11
• Mapel: Bahasa Inggris
• Materi: Reading
• Kode: 11.5

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