Crafting an Essay: An Overview of Explanatory Texts

Composing an Essay: Exploring Explanatory Texts, Ultra Brief 1

I - Roles and General Characteristics of Explanatory Texts

1. Explanatory Text in Human Life
- Presenting the benefits of Binh Dinh coconut trees
- Explaining the effects of chlorophyll, making the leaves appear green
- Introducing Hue as a major cultural and artistic center of Vietnam.

2. General Characteristics of Explanatory Texts
- Explanatory texts have the task of providing objective knowledge about objects, helping humans have a complete and accurate understanding. Explanatory texts cannot be fictional, imaginary, or fabricated; they must be realistic and objective.

II – Practice
1. Two texts: Nong Van Van Uprising (1833-1835) and Earthworm are explanatory texts. The former provides historical knowledge, while the latter provides scientific knowledge about organisms.
2. Text: Information about Earth Day 2000 is of practical use. This persuasive essay proposes positive environmental actions, using explanatory elements to clearly state the harm of plastic packaging, making the proposal highly convincing.
3. Other texts, such as autobiography, argumentative, expressive, and descriptive, sometimes also require explanatory elements to present and explain more clearly.

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Compose an Essay: Understanding General Characteristics of Explanatory Texts, Ultra Brief 2

I.Roles and Characteristics of Explanatory Texts

1. Explanatory Text in Human Life
- Contents of the texts:
+ Text (a): presents the benefits of Binh Dinh coconut trees.
+ Text (b): explains the reason for the green color of the leaves.
+ Text (c): introduces the characteristics of Hue city.
- Such texts can be encountered in daily life when there is a need for objective understanding in various fields, found in scientific books, etc.
- Some similar texts: Phong Nha Cave, Information about Earth Day 2000, Long Bien Bridge – a witness to history, etc.

2. General Characteristics of Explanatory Texts
a. These texts differ from narrative, descriptive, expressive, and argumentative texts as they do not aim to tell a story, describe, express emotions, or argue.
b. These texts provide knowledge about objects and phenomena objectively, truthfully, and usefully.
c. Explanatory method: presentation, introduction, explanation.
d. Language: objective, precise, clear, concise, engaging

II. Practice

Question 1 (page 117 Language Arts 8 Textbook):
Both texts are explanatory texts as they provide useful knowledge to the readers.
Question 2 (page 118 Language Arts 8 Textbook):
The text Information about Earth Day 2000 belongs to the explanatory text genre. Its content explains the harm of using plastic packaging, contributing to the persuasiveness of the call for “A day without using plastic packaging.”
Question 3 (page 118 Language Arts 8 Textbook):
Explanatory is an essential element for all types of texts. It contributes to clarifying the content of the text, ensuring accuracy and scientific rigor.

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