NEWS ITEM

TEXT
By : Satria Yudha Nugraha, XII MIPA 4
 BREAKING NEWS

Definition

Social function

Generic structure
 Definition

it is a text that tells

an information of
event or newsworthy
event of the day
 Social function

; to tell the information of important event or newsworthy

event of the day atau Memberitakan kegiatan, kejadian, dan
peritiwa yang menarik dan layak menjadi berita kepada
pembaca, pemirsa, pendengar
 gagasan utama dan informasi rinci

Menguraikan secara lebih

Menguraikan secara
ringkas dan padat
tentang kejadian,
kejadian, peristiwa yang
menarik menjadi berita.
rinci tentang
kejadian/peristiwa/
kegiatan, pihak yang
terlibat atau terkait,

STRUCTURES waktu, tempat, dsb.

OF
Menyebutkan sumber berita:
TEXT komentar, pernyataan,
pendapat dari pihak
terlibat/terkait, saksi, pihak
berwenang, ahli, dsb., tentang
yang diberitakan
 Generic Structure
Main event/
; berita utama, bagian yang menceritakan
newsworthy event
ringkasan dari suatu kejadian atau peristiwa
(Headline of the news)
penting yang terjadi.

; menceritakan secara rinci latar belakang

kejadian atau peristiwa yang terjadi, siapa
yang terlibat, dimana dan bagaimana
peristiwa terjadi.
Background event/ newsworthy event
(Telling the specific event and answering
5W+1H)

Sources (Statement or opinion from ; merupakan sumber berita bisa berupa

someone who involves in the event or pernyataan narasumber, komentar saksi,
knows about the chronology of the pendapat para ahli, atau penyataan dari
event) pihak terkait dari suatu peristiwa.
 Unsur kebahasaan
• Fokus pada suatu kejadian
• Menggunakan saying verbs, for example : diberitakan,
mengatakan, memberitakan, etc.
• Pada umumnya menggunakan action verb, yaitu kata
kerja yang menunjukkan aktivitas
• Sering menggunakan kata kerja bantu yang menunjukkan
waktu dan tempat
• Menggunakan material process
• Kata dan ungkapan yang menarik perhatian tentang isi
berita pada judul (headline)
 Unsur kebahasaan
• Penghilangan kata-kata fungsional atau gramatikal (the, a, kata
kerja bantu, dll.
• Kalimat langsung dengan kutipan, dan kalimat tidak langsung.
• Kalimat pasif
• Adverbial dan frasa preposisional tentang waktu, tempat, cara,
dll.
• Penggunaan nominal singular dan plural secara tepat, dengan
atau tanpa a, the, this, those, my, their, dsb secara tepat dalam
frasa nominal
• Ucapan, tekanan kata, intonasi
• Ejaan dan tanda baca
• Tulisan tangan
 EXAMPLE OF NEWS ITEM TEXT
A Boy Hidden in Wheel Well of Airplane Survived

A 16-year-old boy has survived a dangerous journey hidden in the wheel well of airplane. It
was a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii.
The boy had run away from home and climbed a fence at the airport in San Jose, California.
He crossed the tarmac and crawled into the wheel well of Hawaiian Airlines flight 45.
According to FBI special agent Tom Simon, The boy quickly lost consciousness as
temperatures in the compartment sank as low as minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It was 62
degrees Celsius below zero.
The boy got an apparent miracle. After he had been unconscious for most of the journey, the
boy regained his consciousness about an hour after the plane landed on Sunday morning. The
boy hopped down from the wheel well. He started wandering around the airport grounds,
where was spotted by ground crew.
The boy was turned over to local child protection officials. A medical examination showed that
he appeared to have been unharmed.
Since records began in 1947, about 100 wheel well stowaways are thought to have attempted
to board flights. Around three-quarters of them died.
“Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky to have
survived” Hawaiian Airlines said in a statement.