EXPLANATION | Bahasa Inggris SMA Kelas XII

Explanation

	How a Tsunami Happens?
General Statement	We all know that tsunamis are a series of destructive waves and powerful. A tsunami is the deadliest wave because the wave speed is incredibly fast. But do you know how a tsunami can happen?
Explanation	Tsunami originated from Japan, “tsu” meaning harbor and “nami” meaning wave. They are normally caused by landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions in, or close to an ocean. After some sort of underwater disturbance, this causes energy to rise up to sea level pushing the water high into the air. Gravity kicks in and pull it down again and then consequently causing the water to filter out into many different directions. When a tsunami begins to approach the shore the energy in the wave is compressed. As a result, the water is pushed up into the wave, resulting in a powerful tsunami. If the trough hits the shoreline first, it then causes the tide to drastically retreat.
Conclusion	So, tsunamis happen because of natural disasters such as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. People who live near the shoreline have to be careful because they are threatened by tsunamis whenever there is an earthquake.

Communicative Purpose

To explain the processes involved in the formation or the working of natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena.

 Text Organization

1.      1. General Statement:

presents the subject that is going to be explained.

2.       2. Explanation

supports the following paragraphs. The explanation statements are illustrated in the sequence

3.       3. Conclusion.

is a brief summary of the issue discussed

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