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News Item

Definition

The news item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic Structure 

1. Main Events

The Newsworthy event paragraph contains an introduction (orientation) about who, what, where and when about the event. Newsworthy Events will briefly answer the Who, What, Where, and When of the daily events.

2. Background Events

The News Item Text paragraph that contains the Background Event will explain how an event is mentioned in the first paragraph (Newsworthy Event). This is a paragraph that contains the background of events that are used to support the writing. Background Events usually consist of several background events and are written to clarify the chronology of the Newsworthy Event. Briefly, Background Events will explain the How and Why of the event.

3. Resource of information

The last paragraph of a News Item Text contains the source of the news. The source is a statement that comes from the perpetrator or victim of the event, news witnesses, and statements from the authorities of the event.

Language Feature of News Item

1. Short, telegraphic information about the story captured in headline
2. Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
3. Uses of material processes to retell the event. (the mental process is ….)
4. Use of projecting verbal process in sources stage

Example

Cold war between Russia and America

Russia and America are two countries called superpowers since World War II before they managed to defeat the enemy forces. Despite having the same status, but the two countries can never coexist well. This is due to the Cold War between the two sides.

The cold war is going on for a century has affected several sectors of the economy of both nations and their military sectors. Basically, if the second superpower can work together, they will be able to create a new and better world. But this seems to be very difficult to do because the two sides are sealed to one another.


QnA

1. What is the social function of news items?
a. To inform the reader about newsworthy event
b. To explain an incidence
c. To retell the news
d. To describe how to make news

2. News item is a text that...
a. Is located near photos that gives important information
b. Informs readers about events of the day
c. Is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps
d. Presents critical analysis on events or works for readers or public audiences

3. Event in the form of summary and usually placed on first paragraph is called?
a. Background event
b. Events
c. Source
d. Newsworthy event

4. Which one is general structure of news item?
a. Orientation, event, reorientation 
b. Identification, series or arguments
c. Identification, description
d. Newsworthy event, background events, source

5. Comment from witnesses is called?
a. Background event
b. Source
c. Action verb
d. Newsworthy event 

 

             







 

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