Wāhanga 1:

Explanation Writing

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• describe that why and how in a piece of explanation writing.

Features

• often have a logical sequence

• use cause/effect relationships (then, as a consequence, so, if)

• use time relationships (first, then, following, finally)

• written in the 'timeless' present tense (are, turns, happens)

• use of action verbs (falls, rises, changes)

• conjunctions (when, then, first, after this so)

• use of nouns tends to be general rather than specific (cars, boats, spiders, schools)

• use of pronouns (their, they, them)