News Item

Essy Wahyu (08)

Fairuz Su’da (09)
XII IPA 2
Social Function of News Item

To inform readers or listeners about

events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.
 Generic Structure of News Item
1. Newsworthy event ( tells the main event in a
summary form)
2. Background events/Elaboration (elaborate what
happened, tell what caused the incident. It can be a
background, participant, time, and place relating to
the news)
3. Sources (comments by participants, witnesses,
authorities and experts involved in the event)
 Language Features of News Item:
1. Information on the use of head lines.
2. Use of action verbs (hit, attack)
3. Use of saying verbs (said, added, claimed)
4. Use of passive sentences ( Aceh was hit by
Tsunami in 2004)
5. Use of adverbs in passive sentences (The
victims were badly injured)
Read the following
News !
Title ← Supreme Court rejects Dicky’s appeal

Newsworthy JAKARTA: The Supreme Court has upheld

Event ← the 2006 graft conviction of Dicky Iskandar Di Nata,

the former president director of PT Brocolin International
Dicky was found guilty by the South Jakarta Distric Court
Background of misusing Rp 1.9 trillion in funds from Bank BNI, which
Event ← he claimed was a “grant from an Israeli investor”. The
court sentenced him to 20 years in prison

“We have rejected Dicky’s appeal. Therefore, he

must serve his 20- years prison and pay a fine 0f
Source ← Rp 500 million ( US $ 55,000),” presiding justice Artidjo
Alkostar was quoted by Detic.com news portal as saying
Thursday- JP
Main Tenses

From the above example of news

item text, we see most sentences are
composed in pattern of PAST TENSE.
The usage of past tense is as logical
consequency as it tells the thing which
happens in the past.
 Answer the questions based on the text !

1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1 ?

2. What is the main idea of the last paragraph ?
3. Why was Dicky sentenced 20 years in prison ?
4. How much money must Dicky pay a fine ?
5. What does the word ‘we’ par 4 refers to ?
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