NEWS ITEM PART 2

 Jum 1 Okt 2021

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Definition of News Item Text

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 to be news.

Generic Structure of News Item Text

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

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

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

Purpose of News Item Text 

News item text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. Another purpose is to present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day.

Language Feature of News Item Text 

1. Focusing on circumstances (using a simple language in writing the text).

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

3. Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Bandung – … / Singapore – …

4. 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.

5. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline.

6. Using adverbs : time, place and manner.

7. Uses of material processes to retell the event. 

Examples of News Item Text

A Man With Driver License Suspensions Arrested

A man was arrested by Nassau County police on Monday night. He was accused of driving his car with the driver’s license suspensions.

The man who is from Long Island was arrested after police pulled him over for defecting a brake light. The police checked the ma's DMV record and noticed that he had driver's license suspensions. He was driving illegally. With suspended driver's license, it meant that the man had not a valid license and could not legally drive his vehicle.

A spokesman of The DMV said that Williams did not have his valid license in New York, but he continued to drive.

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