News Item Part 1
Hello everyone back again on my blog. So we will learn about News Item!!
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 beginning of news, the scene is mentioned : Jakarta – ... .. /London-/Bogor-
- 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
Characteristics of News Item Text
Brief, information about the story captured in the title
- Using action verbs
- Using the past tense in explaining news events
- Using saying verbs
- Using adverbs: time, place and manner.
Types of news item text
- Sport : News that contains sports
- Health: News that contains about health
- Entertainment : News whose purpose is to entertain
- Education: News that provides education
- Politics : News about politics
Cop broke up Fight with Dance-off
A D.C. police officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a Washington park by challenging one of them to a dance-off.
Seventeen-year-old Aaliyah Taylor says a woman officer arrived Monday and when she saw Taylor dancing to the popular song, “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” the officer laughed and said she had better dance moves.
What happened next was a dance-off between the officer and the girl. Onlookers recorded the dance battle on their cellphones, according to The Washington Post, which posted the video.
The officer said if she won, the teens had to leave the area. ( Source: foxnews.com )
- The Social Function of News Item
Information about a police officer who quelled a brawl between teenagers in Washington park by challenging him to a dance.
- Generic Structure of News Item :
1. Newsworthy event: Police broke teenegers fight by dancing off
2. Background events: A dance-off was between the officer and the girl. The dance battle was recorded on onlookers’s cellphones.
3. Source: The officer
- Language Feature of News Item :
-Using saying verbs: “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” the officer laughed and said she had better dance moves.
-Using adverbs: In a Washington park
-Using Past tense in explaining news events : Onlookers recorded the dance battle on their cellphones, according to The Washington Post, which posted the video.
-Using Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Do the Practice 1, 2 & 3 (page 9-15) and exercise part D & E (page 16-17) from the module above and attach the photo in your blog!
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