English material that we will discuss now is news items text. Before I explain it, I want to ask you, Do you like watching news in television? Do you like reading newspaper? If you like doing all those things, it means that you are familiar with news item, but what is news item text? Many students do not know what exactly it is. Although, this text is learned in senior high school, most of them still get difficulties if they are asked to write news item text.
News item 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 to be news.
News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
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Didi Petet Died
Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang, on Friday morning.
Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently.
“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” she said.
On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no diseases were detected but he died on Friday.
Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and where he will be buried.
Before you try to make a news item text, it is better if you know first ‘what is news item text?’. News item text is a text that relates to the news. There are two kinds of news item text, written and spoken. News that we read in newspaper is written text form. News that we hear in radio or television is spoken text form. This text also has the generic structure. Those are newsworthy event, sources and background events.
Definition of News Item
News item 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 to be 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.
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- To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
- To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
Language Feature of News Item
- Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text)
- Using saying verbs: “….”, She said, informed, told, reported.
- Sometimes at the beginning of 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, then can use simple present tense.
- Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
- Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
- Uses of material processes to retell the event
Example of News Items Text
Didi Petet Died
Veteran actor Didi Widiatmoko, popularly known as Didi Petet, died at the age of 58 at his residence in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang, on Friday morning.
Didi’s niece Muthia Kautsar said that Didi, who starred in a number of comedy and drama films in the 1980s and 1990s, collapsed and lost consciousness when attending an expo in Milan, Italy, recently.
“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” she said.
On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no diseases were detected but he died on Friday.
Didi’s body is laid out in his residence on Jl. Bambu Apus in Sasak Tinggi, Ciputat, South Tangerang. It has yet to be decided when and where he will be buried.
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