NEWS ITEM

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What’s on this chapter?

Purpose of the Generic

Text Structures

Language
Features
 Purpose of the text

• NEWS ITEM
• It is used to report to the readers,
listeners or viewers about events of the
day which are considered newsworthy
or important.
• Memberikan informasi terkini tentang
suatu kejadian yang dianggap penting.
 Generic Structures
• Tittle or Headlines = Judul berita
• NEWSWORTHY EVENT(S) = paragraf pembuka
recounts of the event in summary form
• BACKGROUND EVENTS = latar belakang kejadian
elaborate what happened, to whom, in what
situation/circumstances = apa yg terjadi, siapa yg
terlibat, dll.
• SOURCES or quotes = kutipan narasumber
original comments by participants, witnesses to and
authorities expert on the event, etc.
 Language Features
• Unsur kebahasaan
• Past tense , Present Perfect Tense,
Future Tense.
• Kalimat Pasif.
• Kutipan langsung dan tidak langsung
(direct and indirect speech).
• Ucapan, tekanan kata, intonasi, ejaan,
tanda baca, dan tulisan tangan.
Parts of the Text Information from the Text

Newsworthy events One of Four Remaining Yangtze Turtles Dies in China

Who? A Yangtze giant softshell, one of the world’s rarest turtles.

What? A Yangtze giant softshell has died in China.

Summary of Where? In the Suzhou zoo in southern China

Events
(Background
of events)
24 hours after local staff and international experts had
When?
attempted to artificially inseminate the female turtle.

Why? The cause of her death is being investigated.

They said, “There were no complications from the

Quotes operation and she had been in fine health after the
procedure, but deteriorated the next day.”