Sean Owen XII MIPA 3/32

News Item Text

News Item is talks about great, important, interesting, tragic, entertaining or fresh incident or
events that all people should know about it. It gives clear information about, when, where,
what and how an event happened

Purpose: inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.

Generic structure:

1. Newsworthy event(s)
Recount the event in summary
2. Background events
Elaborates or further information in details about the story
3. Sources
The official statement from the expert or the authority which strengthen the news of
the main event

Language Features:

1. Short, telegraphic information about the story captured in headline.

2. Use adverbs of time, place, and manners.
3. Use action verbs.
4. Use saying verbs.

Text 1

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court has upheld the 2006 graft

Newsworthy conviction of Dicky Iskandar Di Nata, the former president director of

Event(s) PT Brocolin International.

Dicky was found guilty by the South Jakarta Distric Court of

Background misusing Rp 1.9 trillion in funds from Bank BNI, which he claimed
Event(s) was a “grant from an Israeli investor”. The court sentenced him to 20
years in prison.
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“We have rejected Dicky’s appeal. Therefore, he must serve

his 20- years prison and pay a fine of Rp 500 million (US $ 55,000),”
Source
presiding justice Artidjo Alkostar was quoted by Detic.com news
portal as saying Thursday- JP.

Note :

1. …………….. = saying verbs

2. …………….. = action verbs
3. …………….. = adverbs

Text 2

Undersea earthquake strikes off Maluku

JAKARTA (AP): A strong earthquake struck in eastern Indonesian waters on Tuesday, a

meteorological agency said. A local official said there was no threat of a destructive tsunami,
and no damage or causalities were immediately reported.

The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, was centered beneath the Banda Sea
around 188 kilometers (117 miles) southwest of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, the
U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.

The tremor was not felt by residents in the region and there were no reports of damage or
casualties, said Aprilianto, an official at a Jakarta-based local Meteorological and Geophysics
Agency.

Multiple choices question:

The word “strong” in the third paragraph has the closest meaning to ... .

a. Powerful
b. Dangerous
c. Deadly
d. Stupid
e. Weak

Multiple choices question (multiple answer):

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Based on the text above, which statements are true?

a. No threat of Tsunami
b. Many casualties
c. No casualties
d. Has the magnitude of 6.1
e. Happens in Singapore

True / False Question:

According to the text, the earthquake strikes on Monday morning.

FALSE (correction: Tuesday)

Short answer:

In what part of Indonesia did the earthquake struck?

Answer: Eastern Indonesian waters