Posts: LA 8 - Explanation Report
10/16/2017 1:17 PM by meghan.lyons
Explanatory Report Writing Project – LA 8
Due: October 27
Purpose – to tell how/why something came to be or to explain how something works.
Statement/Definition – identifies topic with a statement, question or definition
Explanation or how or why: to analyze a process (movements in the earth’s crust) showing the relationship among the parts including cause and effect connections
Summary: can state unusual features of the phenomenon and/or reiterate the main points
Special features:
- includes a title, illustrations or diagrams
- Connecting words to signal cause-effect (if, because, then) and /or sequence (next, then, when)
- Present tense with some passive verbs (are folding/faulting)
- Technical, subject=specific vocabulary
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