News Item Part 1

 News Item Text



Definition of News Item

News item text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.

It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. However, if there are events that people do not deserve, then they are not definitely worth being news.

Generic Structure of News Item

– Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form.

– Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance

– Resource of Information (Source): it contains comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event

Purpose of News Item

News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
Or:

– To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day

– To present information to the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day

Language Feature of News Item

– Focusing on circumstances (using simple language in writing the text)

– Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.

– Sometimes at the beginning of the news, the scene is mentioned: Jakarta – … .. / Kuala Lumpur – …

– Using Past tense in explaining news events. But if it is a fact that until now still happen or still in the form of fact, they can use the simple present tense.

– Short, telegraphic information about the story captured in a headline

– Using adverbs: time, place, and manner.

– Uses of material processes to retell the event


Example of News Items Text 

The Biggest Insect was Found

An explorer has found the biggest insect ever on record – so large it can scoff a carrot. The insect is called a Weta Bug and has a huge wing span of seven inches and weighs as much as three mice.

An entomologist Mark Moffett, 55, discovered the cricket-like creature up a tree on New Zealand’s Little Barrier Island. He spent two days searching for the creepy crawly which were thought to be extinct after Europeans brought rats to the island many years ago.

“This became all the more amazing when we realized that this was the largest insect recorded.” Mark said.

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