A. Definition
News Item is text which used to inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. We often find it in a newspaper because the passage often tells the readers about great, important, interesting, tragic, entertaining or fresh incident or events that all people should know about it
B. Purpose
To inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important
C. Generic Structure
Newsworthy event(s): recount the event in summary form.
Background event(s): elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance
Sources: comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event
Language Features:
1. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
2. Using adverbs : time, place and manner.
3. Uses of material processes to retell the event. (mental process is ….)
4. Use of projecting verbal process in sources stage
D. Language Features of News
News item text usually use:
1. Present perfect tense
2. Past tense
3. Future Tense
4. Direct and Indirect speech
5. Prepositions
6. Articles
There are linguistic features such as the following:
1. Brief information contained in the headline
2. Focus on the incident
3. Using action verbs
4. Using materials
News Item Part 1
Match column A (English word) to column B (meaning in Indonesia)
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News Item Part 1
Match column A (English word) to column B (meaning in Indonesia)
The purpose of the News Item Text is
“The purpose of news item text is to inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day.”
Generic Structure
Similar to other types of English text such as narrative text, recount text, or procedure text, news item text also has a general arrangement or structure or is called a generic structure. The generic structure of news item text is as follows:
Main Event/Newsworthy Event: is the main story, the part that tells a summary of an important event or event that occurred.
Background Event/Elaboration: tells in detail the background of events or events that occurred, who was involved, where and how the events occurred.
Source: the last part of the news item text structure, is a news source that can be in the form of statements from sources, witness comments, expert opinions, or statements from related parties from an event.
Example of News Item Text and its Structure
Earthquake aftershock hits Nepal and India, magnitude 6.7
A strong earthquake aftershock struck India and Nepal on Sunday, shaking buildings in New Delhi and triggering an avalanche in the Himalayas.
The United States Geological Survey said the tremor was 6.7 magnitude, less than the 7.9 quake that struck the region on Saturday killing at least 1,900 people.
“Another one, we have an aftershock right now,” Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai told Reuters by telephone from base camp on Mount Makalu, 20 km (12 miles) from Everest.
Screams and the sound of an avalanche could be heard over the phone line Vajpai was speaking on. At Everest base camp, Romanian climber Alex Gavan tweeted that the aftershock had set off three avalanches.
News Item Part II
Practice 1
Find out the appropriate headlines for each news
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Part D
Fill the table with something happening arround me and it sounds interesting
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Part E
Practice 1: Answer the questions below the text
Practice 2: Complete by choosing the appropite paragraphs in right column
Practice 3: Answer the question based on my comprehension on the text
Answer practice 3
Answer practice 2
Answer practice 1
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