NEWS
ITEM
A news item is a piece of writing about an important
event or situation that takes place or happens on particularly day.
Text
organization
Newsworthy event :It is about the country, city,
place where the event took place. Then information on who, when, and the actual
location of the events is presented.
Background event : This part is news item which
tells in chronological order the events that took place.
Source : the end of event start comments from the
public, like the witnesses, the police or the experts are usually included.
Communicative
purpose
To inform the reader, listener, and viewer of the
details an event, accident and incident that has take place.
Language
features
Action verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Adverbs
Connectors to do with time and sequence
Simple present tense
Simple past tense
Type
of news item
News item (informative articles)
Example:
SINGAPORE: A supervisor
was jailed for two months for repeatedly striking his indonesian maid on the
head and back with a television remote control, news reports said on Thursday.
Muhammad Shafiq Woon
Abdullah admitted in Singapore court. He physically abused the woman on several
occasion between June and October 2002. The Straits Times said.
The magistrate’s court
heard that Shafiq, 31: began striking Winarti, 22, about a month after she
started working for him.
He hit her on the head
with the TV set’s remote control because he was unhappy with her work. On one
occasion, he punched her on the back after accusing her of daydreaming.
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