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Butterfly Metamorphosis Explained

The document explains the process of butterfly metamorphosis in 3 stages: 1) An egg hatches into a larva, which eats leaves and molts its skin several times as it grows. 2) When fully grown, the larva forms a pupa or cocoon. 3) Inside the pupa, the larva transforms into an adult butterfly. It then emerges from the pupa with wet wings, inflates its wings, and learns to fly.

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Butterfly Metamorphosis Explained

The document explains the process of butterfly metamorphosis in 3 stages: 1) An egg hatches into a larva, which eats leaves and molts its skin several times as it grows. 2) When fully grown, the larva forms a pupa or cocoon. 3) Inside the pupa, the larva transforms into an adult butterfly. It then emerges from the pupa with wet wings, inflates its wings, and learns to fly.

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Meaning

Explanation text is to explain process of accordance phenomenon in the real.

Function/purpose

To explanation the processes involved in the formation or workings of natural or


sociocultural phenomena

Generic Strusture

1. General statement: Stating the phenomenon issues which are to be explained.


2. Sequenced explanation: Stating a series of steps which explain the phenomenon.

Generic Feature

1. Featuring generic participant: sun, rain, etc.


2. Using chronological connection: to begin with, next, etc.
3. Using passive voice pattern
4. Using simple present tense

The example text

EXPLANATION TEXT

THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BUTTERFLY

Metamorphosis is a process of a caterpillar to become a new animal (perfect stage),


in this case is a butterfly. The Process happens quite simple but takes quite long time. First,
starting from an egg laid by a butterfly on a leaf (usually leaf of orange tree or other tree), this
leaf is aimed to be the food for the caterpillars until it reaches adulthood when the time
comes to become pupa/cocoon and in some the day it will become a new butterfly.

The egg that laid by a butterfly will hatch in 3-5 days. Then it becomes larva. The
larva will walk to the edge of the leaf of host plant and start eating it. Most of the larva eat
it’s empty egg shell as a first food. The outer skin of the larva does not stretch following it’s
growth, but it become very tight when larva will change it’s skin. Larva change it’s skin
(molting) for about 4-6 times during it’s life.

When the larva reach the maximum growth, larva will stop eating, walking to seek
the nearest shelter, clinging themselve to a branch or a leaf with wovenyarn. The larva have
entered the phase of pre-pupa and for the last time releasing the skin to form a pupa (cocoon).
Pupa usually hard, smooth and in a form of a structure without any limb. Commonly pupa is
green, brown or the color according to the sorroundings (camouflage). The forming of a
butterfly in the pupa usually takes 7-20 days depending on the species.
Once it is out of the pupa, the butterfly will crawl to the top so that the wings that
still weak, crumpled and slightly wet can hang downand inflate normally. Immediately after
the wings are dry, inflate and strong, the wings will open and close several times and the
butterfly will attempt to fly.

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