Language features of news report

 Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline the headline of the news report
is (Aussie man dies while surfing in Lombok)

 Dominant use of past tenses (“They were the ones who saw the victim drown.
Paragraph 5, line 1)

 Use of direct and indirect sentences to report the events according to witness(es) and the
source person

 Direct speech (“They were the ones who saw the victim drown. Based on their
information, the victim drowned directly below his surfboard,” Kholilur said on
Monday. Paragraph 5

 Indirect speech (Kholilur Rochman said. Andrew was found dead at around 1
p.m.) paragraph 2

 Use of prepositional phrases to state the circumstances. (Wiseman was given emergency
first aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated, Kholilur said. Paragraph 7)

 Use of non-finite clauses to modify people or things (The two tourists, as well as local
residents, immediately brought Wiseman back to shore using a boat. Paragraph 6)
 Use of non-finite clauses to state the circumstances ( During his time in Lombok, Wiseman
was living in a homestay in Kuta village, Pujut district, in Central Lombok. Paragraph 3)
 Possible use of emotive words (The victim’s brother, Steven Wiseman, took the body and
refused an autopsy. The last paragraph)