News Item

Creators :
• Latifa Danirmala Sabri
• Khaura Vanya Diamanta
• Kirana Anindya
• Muhammad Pahlevi
• Muhammad Syafiq Baihaqi
• Yuliana Putri Wijaya
 Definition
• News item is a text which tells the reader
about an event of the day. The event is
considered as an important and newsworthy
event.
 Purpose
• News item text is made to inform the readers
about what is going on in public, and any
important phenomenons that public should
know.
• To tell newsworthy events to public.
 Generic Structure
• Main event
This is also called as newsworthy event. This is the part
that includes the summary of the whole story of an
event.
• Background event
The other name is elaboration. The background of the
event, causes, people who are involved, and the
location of the event are written in this part.
• Source
Source is the part where expert’s opinion, comments,
and what witnesses said of the event written.
 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 the location of where the event happened,
ex : 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
 News Item Text Example
The Biggest Insect Was Found
An explorer has found the biggest insect ever on
record – so large it can scoff a carrot. The insect is
called a Weta Bug and has a huge wing span of seven
inches and weighs as much as three mice.
An entomologist Mark Moffett, 55, discovered the
cricket-like creature up a tree on New Zealand’s Little
Barrier Island. He spent two days searching for the
creepy crawly which were thought to be extinct after
Europeans brought rats to the island many years ago.
“This became all the more amazing when we
realised that this was the largest insect recorded.”
Mark said.