NEWS ITEM TEXT

Beberapa ahli bahasa inggris mendefinisikan news item text sebagai berikut:

“News items is a text that informs the readers about newsworthy or important events of the day.”

News item text adalah suatu teks yang menginformasikan pembaca tentang peristiwa/kejadian
sehari-hari yang layak diberitakan atau penting (Newsworthy), jadi tidak semua kejadian/peristiwa
bisa diberitakan.

Sumber lain menyebutkan bahwa News Item Text adalah jenis tulisan yang memberikan
informasi teraktual tentang kejadian yang penting untuk diberitakan. News Item Text bertujuan
untuk memberikan informasi kepada pembaca atau pendengar. Biasanya, News Item
Text memberikan informasi yang merupakan peristiwa terbaru.

Generic Structure

Sama halnya dengan jenis teks bahasa inggris lainnya seperti narrative text, recount text, atau
procedure text, news item text juga memiliki susunan atau struktur umun atau disebut generic
structure. Generic Structure dari news item text adalah sebagai berikut:

 Main Event/Newsworthy Event: adalah berita utama, bagian yang menceritakan ringkasan
dari suatu kejadian atau peristiwa penting yang terjadi.
 Background Event/Elaboration: menceritakan secara rinci latar belakang kejadian atau
peristiwa yang terjadi, siapa yang terlibat, dimana dan bagaimana peristiwa terjadi.
 Source: bagian terakhir dari struktur news item text, merupakan sumber berita bisa berupa
pernyataan narasumber, komentar saksi, pendapat para ahli, atau pernyataan dari pihak terkait
dari suatu peristiwa.

Ciri Kebahasaan News Item Text

Di setiap teks bahasa Inggris yang berjenis News Item Text, terdapat ciri-ciri kebahasaan seperti
berikut ini:

 Informasi singkat
 Menggunakan action verb
 Menggunakan past tenses
 Menggunakan saying verbs
 Menggunakan material process / menjelaskan waktu, tempat dan cara

Contoh News Item Text

 Earthquake aftershock hits Nepal and India, magnitude 6.7

A strong earthquake aftershock struck India and Nepal on Sunday, shaking buildings in New Delhi
and triggering an avalanche in the Himalayas.
The United States Geological Survey said the tremor was 6.7 magnitude, less than the 7.9 quake
that struck the region on Saturday killing at least 1,900 people.
“Another one, we have an aftershock right now,” Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai told Reuters by
telephone from base camp on Mount Makalu, 20 km (12 miles) from Everest.
Screams and the sound of an avalanche could be heard over the phone line Vajpai was speaking on.
At Everest base camp, Romanian climber Alex Gavan tweeted that the aftershock had set off three
avalanches.

Terjemahan

Gempa susulan melanda Nepal dan India berkekuatan 6,7 skala Richter

Gempa susulan yang kuat melanda India dan Nepal pada hari Minggu, mengguncang gedung-
gedung di New Delhi dan memicu longsoran salju di Himalaya.
Survei Geologi Amerika Serikat mengatakan gempa itu berkekuatan 6,7 skala Richter, kurang dari
gempa 7,9 yang melanda wilayah itu pada Sabtu menewaskan sedikitnya 1.900 orang.
"Satu lagi, kami mengalami gempa susulan sekarang," kata pendaki gunung India Arjun Vajpai
kepada Reuters melalui telepon dari base camp di Gunung Makalu, 20 km (12 mil) dari Everest.
Jeritan dan suara longsoran salju bisa terdengar melalui saluran telepon yang Vajpai bicarakan. Di
base camp Everest, pendaki Rumania Alex Gavan tweeted bahwa gempa susulan telah memicu tiga
longsoran.

Dari bacaan di atas kita bisa membuat analisa GENERIC STRUCTURE sebagai berikut :

1. Main Event/Newsworthy Event

Earthquake aftershock hits Nepal and India, magnitude 6.7
(Gempa susulan melanda Nepal dan India berkekuatan 6,7 skala Richter)

2. Background Event/Elaboration
A strong earthquake aftershock struck India and Nepal on Sunday, shaking buildings in New
Delhi and triggering an avalanche in the Himalayas.
(Gempa susulan yang kuat melanda India dan Nepal pada hari Minggu, mengguncang
gedung-gedung di New Delhi dan memicu longsoran salju di Himalaya.)
3. Source:
“Another one, we have an aftershock right now,” Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai told
Reuters by telephone from base camp on Mount Makalu, 20 km (12 miles) from Everest.
 Romanian climber Alex Gavan tweeted that the aftershock had set off three avalanches.
("Satu lagi, kami mengalami gempa susulan sekarang," kata pendaki gunung India Arjun
Vajpai kepada Reuters melalui telepon dari base camp di Gunung Makalu, 20 km (12 mil)
dari Everest.
Pendaki Rumania Alex Gavan tweeted bahwa gempa susulan telah memicu tiga longsoran).

Tugas 1 :

Read The text carefully and answer the questions below

TEXT 1

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via
Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was
found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.
Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in
Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday
(The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

1. What is the purpose of the text? 3. “…for allegedly buying an infant” The
infant word has similar meaning with …
A. To inform readers about arrested man A. Adult B. Teenager
for buying an infant C. Child D. Grown
B. To describe the important person for E. Man
readers
C. To argue that arresting the man is
important
D. To explain how police arrested the man
E. To convince reader that buying infant is
illegal

2. “MN was arrested at his house…” The

underlined word refers to a house belongs
to…….
A. The police officer
B. The arrested man
C. The infant parent
D. A Surabaya administration officer
E. A Semarang administration officer
Text 2

Two state-owned lenders — Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI — will build temporary houses for 400
families displaced by the recent strong earthquake that hit Sigi District, Central Sulawesi ProvincE.
Second Assistant Secretary of Sigi District Government Iskandar Nontji informed that the
temporary houses for 100 families will be constructed by Bank Mandiri in the South Sibayala area
of Dolo Sub-district. Meanwhile, Bank BNI will erect the temporary shelters for 300 families in
Jonoge Village of Sigi Biromaru Sub-district that severely suffered from soil liquefaction during
the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the area on Sept 28, he noteD.
The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land, owned by the sub-district government,
village, and community members, he stated, adding that the Sigi district government will facilitate
all related parties to sign a letter of agreement.
“We are going to provide a letter of agreement that will be signed by all related parties to avoid any
unexpected eventuality in the future,” he explaineD. (Antara, 17th October, 2018)

4. What is the text about? E. Bank BNI will be built by the earthquake
A. Building temporary houses for displaced victims in Jonoge Village of Sigi
family
B. Planning to displace the temporary house 6. What makes 400 families displaced?
C. Signing a letter of agreements to build a A. Local governement
permanent house B. 7.4-magnitude earthquake
D. New luxury house will be built by BNI C. Temporary shelters
E. Assistant Secretary has built temporary D. 400 houses
houses E. Mandiri bank and BNI

5. What can we infer from the text? 7. “The temporary houses will be constructed
A. The temporary house will be build in the on pieces of lanD..” The temporary word
family lands has antonym of ……..
B. The displaced family will build 400 A. Momentary
houses for two state banks B. Transitory
C. Shelters will be built by two state banks C. Limited
for the earthquake victims D. Permanent
D. Bank Mandiri will be built in the South E. Seasonal
Sibayala

TEXT 3
 Geneva (AP): Indonesia has recorded another human case of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu,
raising its world-leading total to 117 cases, according to the World Health Organization.
The agency said Friday night that the Indonesian Health Ministry had reported that a 16-year-old
girl from West Java Province has been hospitalized since Jan. 4 with symptoms of the diseasE. It
said the strain had been confirmed as H5N1.
Of the total number of human cases in Indonesia, 94 have been fatal. WHO says that globally 349
people have been infected with H5N1 since the 2003 outbreak of the diseasE. Of those, 216 have
dieD.
After Indonesia the country with the next highest number of cases in Vietnam with 101, followed
by Egypt with 43, according to the U.N. health agency

8. Which of the following statement is true 9. In the WHO release, the country ranked
according to the text? second in number of bird flu case found is
A. Egypt ranked second as the highest ….
number of bird flu cases A. Indonesia B. Vietnam
B. Indonesia’s 117th human case of bird flu C. Egypt D. USA
was found in West Java E. Singapore
C. The article is taken from the UN report
D. Since 2003, it has been reported that all 10. The word “fatal” in the third paragraph has
117 Indonesians died of bird flu the closest meaning to ….
E. According to WHO, there have been 349 A. Harmless B. Poisonous
people in Indonesia infected by H5N1 C. Tedious D. Deadly
E. Extreme

Tugas 2 :

Read The text above carefully and find the GENERIC STRUCTURE of each