NEWS ITEM TEXT

By : Lindu Asmara
TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEFINITION
DEFINITION PURPOSE
PURPOSE
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GENERIC
GENERIC LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE FEATURES
FEATURES
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DEFINITION
News items is a text that informs the
readers about newsworthy or important
events of the day.
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Teks berita adalah suatu teks yang
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menginformasikan pembaca tentang
peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang
layak diberitakan atau penting.
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PURPOSE

The
The purpose
purpose of
of news
news item
item text
text is
is to
to inform
inform
the
the readers
readers about
about newsworthy
newsworthy or or
important
important events
events of
of the
the day.
day.

Tujuan
Tujuan news
news items
items text
text adalah
adalah untuk
untuk
menginformasikan
menginformasikan pembaca
pembaca tentang
tentang
peristiwa/kejadian
peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari
sehari-hari yang
yang layak
layak
untuk
untuk diberitakan
diberitakan atau
atau penting.
penting.
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GENERIC STRUCTURE
Adalah
Adalah berita
berita utama,
utama, bagian
bagian yangyang
NEWSWORTHY
NEWSWORTHY EVENT/
EVENT/ menceritakan
menceritakan ringkasan
ringkasan dari
dari suatu
suatu kejadian
kejadian
MAIN
MAIN EVENT
EVENT atau
atau peristiwa
peristiwa penting
penting yang
yang terjadi.
terjadi.

Menceritakan secara rinci latar belakang

kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi, siapa
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND EVENT
EVENT yang terlibat, dimana dan bagaimana
peristiwa terjadi.

Bagian terakhir dari struktur news item text,

merupakan sumber berita bisa berupa
SOURCES
SOURCES pernyataan narasumber, komentar saksi,
pendapat para ahli, atau pernyataan dari
pihak terkait dari suatu peristiwa.
 Example
Seven Killed in Accident on Sultan Street

Newsworthy Event Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car and a truck at
10:35 p.m. on Sultan Sultan last night.

Background Event The victims were all passengers in the car. Police believe the car may have >>
been trying to overtake the bus when it was strucked by a truck coming from
the opposite direction. The driver of the car may not have been using his
lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.
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Source The police said the car should not have been trying to pass the bus, since
overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported
that the car–a small Japanese car–should not have been carrying more than
five people. The names of the victims are not yet known.
 LANGUAGE FEATURES

Using action verbs (push, play, make)

Using saying verbs (said, claimed, >>
confirmed,reported,cited,informed)
Using simple past tense <<
(s + V2 + o) / Subject + to be (was/were) + adjective/adverb

Focusing on circumstances
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