NEWS ITEM 01

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Definition

News item text is a text which informs readers about events are considered newsworthy or important


Purpose of news item

News item test is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important


Generic structure

  1.         Main events / newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form
  2.          Elaboration / background event (s)
  3.          Resource of information (source)

Language feature

      

  • Focusingon circumstances
  • Usin saying verbs “…”, she said, informed, told, reported
  • Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta-… …/London-/Bogor-
  • Using past tenses in explaining news events
  • Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
  • Using adverbs: time, place and manner
  • Uses of material processes to retell the event

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