News Item

1.Desy Lianti
2.Intan Febrianti
3.Riski Nur Ramadhani
4.Tiara Utami Putri

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What is News
Item?
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A news item text is a text which is grouped into the text genre
of narration. The main function of narration is telling stories or
informing about events in chronological order. The order in the
narration can be based of time, place and the events
themselves.
 Purpose of
News Item
To inform readers about events of the
01 day which are considered newsworthy or
important

02 To inform the readers about newsworthy

or important events of the day.

03 To present information the readers about

newsworthy or important events of the
day
04
Generic Structure of News Item

Main Events / Elaboration / Resource of

Newsworthy event(s): Background Information (Source)
event(s)
it recounts the event they elaborate what it contains comments by
in summary form happened, to whom, participants in, witnesses to
in what circumstance. and authorities expert on
the event.
Language Features
Short, telegraphic information
01
about story captured in headline

03  Using action verbs

02 Focusing on circumstances

04 Using saying verbs

05 Using adverbs
Example of News Item
Landslide in Bukittinggi

 Two people died while four others were wounded in a

landslide at a yard behind a house near Teleng market in
Bukittinggi, West Sumatra on Tuesday.
       The death people were 3-year-old Yusuf, who was
the son of a kiosk owner at the market, Bujang, and 22-
year-old Meli, who was a visitor to the market. The
injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi
hospitals.
       Bukittinggi Deputy Mayor Ismet Amziz said
Tuesday it was suspected that recent heavy rainfall had
caused the landslide.
Source: the jakarta post
       After reading above example of news item text, it
is clearly that news item text is written to inform the
newsworthy. It is socially important to know that there
was an accident of landslide in Bukittinggi which caused
two people died.