NEWS ITEM

Group 2; Devina, Daffa, Radja, Syirin

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What is the news item text?
According to the Oxford English
Dictionary: News item text is a text which
informs readers about events of the day.
 Characteristic of News Item Text
Isi teks berfokus kepada
suatu kejadian atau Bahasa yang digunakan
peristiwa penting. 01 02 singkat namun padat.

Biasanya disertai
Terkadang diawali
gambar/ilustrasi serta
judul (headline) yang 04 03 dengan nama kota
atau nama media
mendeskripsikan inti
yang menerbitkan.
peristiwa.
 GENERIC STRUCTURE OF NEWS
ITEM TEXT
Background Event /

01 02
Main event/Newsworthy events Elaboration
dari kata “main” yang artinya adalah Background event ini berisi latar
utama, lalu “event” yang berarti belakang peristiwa yang terjadi. Mulai
kejadian, maka main event adalah dari apa dan siapa saja yang terlibat, di
paragraf yang berisi tentang mana, kapan, mengapa, serta bagaimana

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ringkasan dari suatu peristiwa, alias peristiwa tersebut bisa terjadi. Struktur
kejadian penting yang ini harus tertulis secara lengkap agar
menjadi highlight untuk disampaikan pembaca dapat memahami keseluruhan
pada pembaca.  teks dengan mudah dan value berita
Source dapat tersampaikan dengan baik.
Source, yaitu bagian yang berisi
tentang pendapat para ahli atau saksi
mata. Selain itu, bisa juga berupa
komentar dari berbagai pihak lain
yang terlibat.
 Using action
Using saying verbs
verbs

Language
Using simple past tense,
Feature
but if it is a fact that until
now still happen or still in Using adverbs: time,
the form of fact, using place and manner
simple present tense.
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News Item Text Analysis
 Death toll from Indonesia’s volcano
eruption climbs to 34

The death toll from the eruption on Saturday of the highest volcano on Main event/
Newsworthy events
Indonesia’s Java island has risen to at least 34, local officials said, and rescue
operations are still under way.
Mount Semeru, in the Lumajang district of East Java province, spewed thick
columns of ash more than 12,000 metres (40,000 feet) into the sky, with Background
searing gas and lava flowing down its slopes after the sudden eruption. event
The disaster left entire streets filled with mud and ash, swallowing homes
and vehicles in several villages.
“So far, 34 people have died and 16 are still being searched [for],” Wayan
Suyatna, head of the local search and rescue agency,  told state media on SOURCE
Tuesday, raising an earlier death toll of 14. He added that nearly 3,700 people
have been evacuated from the affected area.
 Rescuers have been battling dangerous conditions since the eruption,
searching for survivors and bodies in the volcanic debris, wrecked buildings and
destroyed vehicles. Search crews deployed dogs on Tuesday to aid the operation.
Mount Semeru has remained active since Saturday, with small eruptions
keeping emergency workers and residents on edge. On Tuesday, there were
SOURCE three small eruptions, each spewing ash about a kilometre (3,300 feet) into the
sky, authorities said.
Officials have advised locals not to travel within 5km (3.1 miles) of
Semeru’s crater, as the nearby air is highly polluted and could affect
vulnerable groups.
Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 270 million people, is
Background
event
prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because it sits along the
Pacific “Ring of Fire”, a horseshoe-shaped series of fault lines.

SOURCE:
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/12/7/death-toll-
from-indonesias-volcano-eruption-climbs-to-34
 LANGUAGE FEATURE
Saying verb adalah kata kerja yang menunjukkan suatu tindakan berbicara, yang
digunakan dalam teks News Item ketika menunjukkan perkataan narasumber.
Example from the text:
1. local officials said ( Paragraph 1)
2. told state media on Tuesday (Paragraph 3)
Using Saying 3. each spewing ash about a kilometre (3,300 feet) into the sky, authorities said
(Paragraph 4)
Verbs 4. Officials have advised locals not to travel (Paragraph 5)

Action verb adalah kata kerja yang menunjukkan tindakan fisik yang
dilakukan oleh subjek.
Example from the text:
1. 3,700 people have been evacuated from the affected area.
2. Mount Semeru, in the Lumajang district of East Java province, Using Action
spewed thick columns of ash
Verbs
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 Adverb adalah kata keterangan yang berfungsi untuk mendeskripsikan verb, yaitu
kata kerja. Adverb digunakan untuk memberikan keterangan lanjutan dari kata kerja. 
1. Time : 1. On Tuesday, there were three small eruptions
2. The death toll from the eruption on Saturday
Using 2. Place : 1. Mount Semeru, in the Lumajang district of East Java province
2. Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 270 million people
Adverbs 3. Manner : He added that nearly 3,700 people have been evacuated

untuk menjelaskan kejadian atau tindakan yang telah terjadi ataupun

menggambarkan kejadian yang telah berakhir di masa lalu.
Example from the text:
1. So far, 34 people have died
2. Officials have advised locals not to trave
3. Mount Semeru has remained active since Saturday Using Simple
4. 3,700 people have been evacuated from the affected area. Past Tense
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Example from the text:

1.

Using Present
Tense

Using Passive
Voice
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