CHAPTER 4

NEWS ITEM
by Ms. Wita Adi P, S.Pd
 WHAT IS NEWS ITEM ?

NEWS ITEM IS A TEXT WHICH INFORMS

READERS ABOUT EVENTS OF THE DAY.
 SOCIAL FUNCTION

News item is a report to the readers, listeners, or viewers

about events of the day which are considered newsworthy
or important
 S GENERIC STRUCTURE

01 02 03

NEWSWORTHY BACKGROUND EVENTS SOURCES

EVENTS

THE SUMMARY OF ELABORATE WHAT ORIGINAL

THE EVENTS (INTI) HAPPENED, TO WHOM, COMNMENTS BY
IN WHAT SITUATION PARTICIPANTS
(LATAR BELAKANG PERISTIWA) (SUMBER INFORMASI)
 LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NEWS ITEM

● Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline

● Using action verb to retell the story or event
● Using past tense (verb 2 )
● Using saying verb ( e.g. the police said , the witness thought )
● Using adverb like : badly injured, the most beautiful bride
● Focus on the circumstance ( e.g. last night, at that time )
 Indonesian Maid Beheaded Pembantu Indonesia Dihukum Penggal

An Indonesian housemaid has been Hukuman terhadap pembantu rumah tangga

executed in Saudi Arabia after being
convicted of killing her employer, the Saudi
Interior Minister said.
The woman was beheaded in the Southern
Asir province in what was the second
execution in the country. The maid was
earlier found of suffocating her female boss
and stealing her jewellery. Rape, murder
and other serious crimes can carry the
death penalty in the conservative desert
kingdom.
Last year, Saudi Arabia, which follow a strict
interpretation of Syaria, Islamic law executed
more than 130 people.
Taken from: www.news.bbc.co.id
Indonesia telah dilaksanakan di Arab Saudi setelah
dinyatakan bersalah membunuh majikannya, kata
Menteri dalam negeri Arab Saudi.
Wanita itu dieksekusi di provinsi selatan Asir dimana
ini adalah eksekusi kedua di negara itu.
Pembantu itu sebelumnya ditemukan mencekik bos
perempuannya dan mencuri perhiasan nya.
Pemerkosaan, pembunuhan dan kejahatan serius
lainnya bisa menyebabkan hukuman mati di kerajaan
gurun yang konservatif itu.
Tahun lalu, Arab Saudi yang mengikuti intepretasi yang
ketat dari hukum Syaria Islam telah melaksanakan
lebih dari 130 orang.
Sumber : www.bbc.co.id
 Generic Structure Analysis

Seperti telah dibahas dalam pengertian teks berita bahasa Inggris, para penulisnya
akan menyusun beritanaya sebagai berikut:

1. Main event; an Indonesian maid was beheaded in Saudi Arabia.

2. Background 1; the maid was found guilty of suffocating her bos.
3. Background 2; serious crimes can carry death penalty in Saudi Arabia.
4. Background 3; Saudi Arabia executed more than 130 people last year.
5. Source; the Saudi Interior Minister statement.
 Town Contaminated
Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence
of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, which killed 10
sailors and contaminated an entire town.
Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to
people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear
submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near
Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the
Chernobyl disaster, spread radioactive fall-out over
the base and nearby town, but was covered up by
officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the
explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine
during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear
explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation
to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated
material were sworn to secrecy.
A board of investigators was later to describe it as the
worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.
Kota Yang Terkontaminasi
Moskow-wartawan Rusia telah menemukan bukti lain tentang
bencana nuklir Soviet, yang menewaskan 10 pelaut dan
menkontaminasi seluruh kota.
Yelena Vazrshavskya adalah jurnalis pertama yang
mewawancarai orang-orang yang menyaksikan ledakan kapal
selam nuklir di pangkalan angkatan laut shkotovo-22 dekat
Vladivostok.
Kecelakaan, yang terjadi 13 bulan sebelum bencana Chernobyl
itu, menyebarkan radioaktif ditempat ledakan dan kota
terdekat, tapi hal ini ditutup-tutupi oleh para pejabat Uni Soviet.
Penduduk diberitahu bahwa ledakan pada reaktor kapal selam
selam jenis vektor itu pada saat reparasi hanya sebuah
thermal (panas) dan bukan sebuah ledakan nuklir. Mereka
yang terlibat dalam operasi pembersihan dengan mengangkat
lebih dari 600 ton bahan yang terkontaminasi disumpah untuk
menjaga rahasia.
Dewan penyidik kemudian menggambarkannya sebagai
kecelakaan terburuk dalam sejarah angkatan laut Soviet.
Analisa Generic Structure Contoh News Item Text

1. Newsworthy events
A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear
catastrophe

2. Background Events
-Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who
witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine
- The accident spread radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby
town

3. Source
A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in
the history of the Soviet Navy.
 THANK YOU

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Ms, Wita Adi P, S.Pd