News Item Text Definition of News Item Text

News Item Text

Definition of News Item Text A text which informs readers about events of the day.

Communicative Purpose To inform readers about the important event of the day

Action Verb: Crash / Hit 4 Language Features Passive Sentences Saying Verb Said / Stated Adverb in Passive Sentences

Generic Structure Newsworthy Event Part of text which tells readers about the main idea or the main topic of the text. Background Event Part of text which tells readers about the background of the event. It consists of the event’s place, time, people, etc. Source Part of text which tells readers about the experts’ or witnesses’ comments of the event.

Seven Killed in Accident on Jalan Sultan o Newsworthy Event : Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car and a truck at 10: 35 p. m. on Jalan Sultan last night. o Backgroud Event : The dead were all passengers in the car. Police believe the car may havebeen trying to overtake the bus when it was struck by a truck coming fromthe opposite direction. The driver of the car may not have been using hislights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching. o Sources : The police said the car should not have been trying to pass the bus, sinceovertaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reportedthat the car–a small Japanese car– should not have been carrying more thanfive people. The

Fire Damaged Shopping Center YONKERS, Nov 12 th. A four alarm fire damaged 14 stores today in the Cross County Shopping Center, the largest shopping center in Westchester County. Two fire investigators said the blaze apparently started in a pile of cardboard cartons at the rear of a shoe store and spread through a utilities duct above the 13 other stores. The fire started at 4. 40 p. m. and was declared under control at 6. 14 p. m. The center is on the Cross County Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway. Five firefighters were busy at the scene. Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers Arson Squad said the cause of

Questions 1. What is the main idea of the text above? 2. How many investigators and fire fighters were involved in the scene? 3. How are the generics structures of the text above?

Answer key: 1. 2. 3. A fire in the shopping center Two Newsworthy event : A four alarm fire damaged 14 stores today in the Cross County Shopping Center, the largest shopping center in Westchester County. Background : Two fire investigators said the blaze apparently started in a pile of cardboard cartons at the rear of a shoe store and spread through a utilities duct above the 13 other stores. The fire started at 4. 40 p. m. and was declared under control at 6. 14 p. m. The center is on the Cross County Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway. Five fire-fighters were busy at the scene. Source : Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers Arson Squad said the cause of the fire was under investigation.

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Menpora Imam Nahrawi Predicts Indonesian National Team U-22 Wins against Philippines JAKARTA – Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi predicts Indonesia U -22 national team will achieve positive results in the advanced SEA Games 2017. Luis Milla’s squad will meet Philippines in Group B second match held at Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Thursday (17/08/2017) at 19: 45 pm. “The prediction is the winning of Indonesian national team. The more goals, the better for the national team, ” said Menpora after leading the ceremony in the office environment Kemenpora, Senayan, Jakarta. Indonesian National Team match U-22 coincides with the 72 nd Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia. “We are grateful also the game against the Philippines was exactly on the 17 th of the 8 th at 19: 45 pm Hopefully this will be a good sign for our national team victory, ” he said.