English Project XII

Hello everyone back again on my blog. So we will learn about News Item Part 3!!   Definition of News Item News item text is a text which informs readers about events are considered newsworthy or important.   Social Function of News Item To provide information to readers or listeners.   Purpose of News Item News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.   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   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 b...

Hello everyone, back again with me on my blog. So we will learn News Item Part 2! Nepalese rescuers on Friday found three bodies near the wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation, officials said. Nepal's Defense Secretary Iswori Poudyal gave no details about the nationalities of the victims. The helicopter was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese army soldiers. The wreckage was found near Gothali village in the district of Dolakha. The U.S. Embassy in Nepal had no immediate comment Friday. The discovery of the wreckage, first spotted by a Nepalese army helicopter Friday, followed days of intense search involving U.S. and Nepalese aircraft and even U.S. satellites. The U.S. relief mission was deployed soon after a magnitude-7.8 quake hit April 25, killing more than 8,200 people. It was followed by another magnitude-7.3 quake on Tuesday that killed 117 people and injured 2,800. The seco...