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 NEWS ITEM TEXT
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WHAT IS A NEWS ITEM
TEXT?
NEWS ITEM IS A TEXT WHICH
INFORMS READERS ABOUT
E V E N T S O F T H E D AY. T H E
EVENTS ARE CONSIDERED
NEWSWORTHY OR
I M P O R TA N T.
 SOCIAL FUNCTION
◉News Item Text is used to inform
readers about events of the day which
are considered newsworthy or
important.
 GENERIC
STRUCTURE
• NEWSWORTHY EVENT : IT RECOUNTS THE
EVENT IN SUMMARY FORM
• BACKGROUND OF EVENT : IT ELABORATES
WHAT HAPPENED, TO WHOM, IN WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCE
• SOURCE : IT CONTAINS COMMENTS BY
PARTICIPANTS IN, WITNESSES TO AND
AUTHORITIES EXPERT ON THE EVENTS
NEWSWORTHY
EVENT

BACKGROUND
OF EVENT

SOURCES
Language Feature of News Item

•Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in

writing the text)
•Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told,
reported.
•Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is
mentioned : Jakarta –
•Using Past tense in explaining news events
•Short, telegraphic information about story captured in
headline
• Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
•Using Passive voice form to retell the events
•What happens in the texts?
•Where did it happen?
•When did it happen?
•Who were involved in the texts?
•How did the event happen?
•Details information of the texts