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Definition of News Item

News item 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

 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

Purpose of News Item

 News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are
considered newsworthy or important.
Or
 To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day
 To present information the readers about newsworthy or important events of the
day

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 – … .. /
Kuala Lumpur –
 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

Taken from:www://http.britishcourse.com
 News item text adalah jenis teks yang memberikan informasi mengenai kejadian atau
peristiwa harian. News item merupakan salah satu jenis teks dalam bahasa Inggris yang
digunakan jika Anda ingin belajar menjadi seorang jurnalis handal.

Kejadian yang disampaikan kepada pembaca tersebut adalah kejadian yang dianggap
penting dan patut untuk dijadikan sebuah berita. Suatu kejadian yang tidak penting atau tidak
pantas diketahui oleh orang banyak tidak layak dijadikan berita. Tujuan komunikatif dari jenis
teks ini adalah memberitakan kepada pembaca, pendengar ataupun penonton mengenai peristiwa
atau kejadian yang dipandang penting atau layak diberitakan.

Struktur dan Ciri Kebahasaan

 
Pada news item text, terdapat tiga bagian struktur kebahasaannya, yaitu:
1. Main event
Bagian ini juga dikenal dengan newsworthy event. Bagian ini adalah bagian yang
menceritakan atau berisi berita mengenai peristiwa atau kejadian inti yang biasanya ditulis dalam
bentuk ringkasan (summary).

2. Background event
Bagian yang sering disebut sebagai Elaboration ini merupakan bagian yang menceritakan
latar belakang peristiwa atau kejadian, siapa yang terlibat dan lokasi kejadian.

3. Source
Bagian terakhir adalah source, yaitu menceritakan tentang komentar, saksi kejadian,
pendapat para ahli, dan sebagainya mengenai peristiwa atau kejadian yang diberitakan.

Pada setiap jenis teks dalam bahasa Inggris terdapat ciri kebahasaan yang dapat
membedakannya dengan jenis teks lain. Ciri dari news item text yang paling menonjol adalah
bahasanya yang singkat dan padat. Berikut ciri-ciri kebahasaan dari news item text lainnya:

• Informasi singkat yang tertuang dalam headline

• Fokus pada suatu kejadian
• Dominan menggunakan saying verbs, seperti diberitakan, dikutik, mengatakan, memberitakan,
dan sebagainya.
• Umumnya menggunakan action verb, yaitu kata kerja yang menunjukkan aktivitas
• Sering menggunakan kata kerja bantu yang menunjukkan waktu dan tempat
• Menggunakan material process

Example:
Seven people were killed in a collision between a bus, a car and a truck on Jalan Sultan at 10:35
p.m. last night.

The dead were all passengers of the car. The police believed the car had been trying to overtake
the bus when it was struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the car
might not be using his lights, as the truck driver said he did not see the car approaching.
The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on
Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car, should not have
been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police
would have identified the names of the victims easily.

Example 2:
Jakarta (JP). The number of people injured in the weekend earthquake in the Central Sulawesi
capital of Palu reached 26.
The earthquake, measuring 5,8 in the opened Ritcher Scale, also damaged or destroyed hundreds
of buildings. So far no deaths have been reported.
“Only 3 of the 26 injured are still being treated at a government clinic.
In the Sausu Trans village, the rest have returned home,” Mohammad Haerollah, an official of
the Central Sulawesi Office of the Ministry of Social Services, told the Jakarta Post yesterday.

Officials at the meteorology and geophysics office in Palu said earlier that the epicenter was in
the Gulf of Tomini, 32 kilometers east of Palu, at a depth of 32 kilometers.
The office recorded 396 tremors between 5.30 p.m on Saturday and 12.00 a.m on Sunday.
However, locals felt 47 of the tremors.
Antara News Agency reported on Saturday that most of the casualties were adults, injured by
collapsing structures. The agency also said, that victims were mainly residents of the Sausu, Suli,
Torono, and Malakosa villages.