Social function: To explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio cultural phenomena.
Generic structure:
- A general statement to position the reader
- A sequenced explanation of why or how something occurs.
- Closing
Language features:
- Focus on generic, non-human participants.
- Use mainly of general and abstract nouns, action verbs, simpleü present tense, passive voice, conjunction of time and cause, noun phrases, complex sentences, and technical language.
