NEWS ITEM TEXT

 

What is news item? What is the structure and example? Well that question will be answered with the material below. For more details, let's see..

What Is News Item Text?

Understanding news item text is an English text that tells an important event or event with a form resembling news, or worthy to be news (news).

In English, quoting from Create Webquest, “News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important. It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people.”

Well, actually news items are divided into two types, namely news items that are delivered orally and in writing. Of course, for the written type we often find in various print media such as tabloids or daily newspapers. For oral news items, we often listen to it from electronic media such as radio and television.

General Structure of News Item Text

As usual, each text will be formed with a different structure. What is the structure of news item text?

1. Main event / Newsworthy events

Taking from the word "main “which means Main, then” event" which means event, the main event is a paragraph that contains a summary of an event, aka important events that become highlights to convey to the reader.

In this case, the one that the author should consider is actuality. Are the events to be discussed up to date or “recent”? Because the latest information will certainly have a higher value compared to old news.

Another element that can be considered to write the main event is the importance or not of an event, and how much influence it has on the reader.

For example, the police issued a rule that the public is prohibited from wearing sandals while riding a motorcycle has a greater influence than the wedding information of a celebrity.

2. Elaboration / Background Event

You still remember, right, what must be fulfilled for the text to be worthy of being said as a news? It should include 5W + 1H (what, where, when, Who, why) and how.

In short, this event background contains the background of the event that occurred. Start from what and who is involved, where, when, why, and how the event can occur. This structure must be written in full so that the reader can understand the entire text easily and the value of the news can be conveyed well.

3. Resource of Information (Source)

Have you ever read a sentence that states a testimony or a phrase from someone else in the news text? For example, such as the following news about the death of celebrity Didi Petet:

“He just arrived home on May 10 after attending the exhibition. In that city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” line said.

(“He only arrived home on May 10 after attending an exhibition. In the city, he collapsed and lost consciousness and returned home in a wheelchair,” Raina said.)

Well, the example sentence above is called the source, which is the part that contains the opinions of experts or eyewitnesses. In addition, it can also be in the form of comments from various other parties involved.

Function News Item Text / Purpose (Purpose) News Item Text

The function of news item text is also known as social function or social function, which is what the purpose of writing a text for the general public is. Well, none other than, news item text aims to provide information to readers about an important event or event of value.

In addition, with the news item text, people can determine the attitude as a response or response to a news story. For example, with the news about police rules that require motorists to wear shoes, the community will be more orderly for safety reasons and also avoid sanctions.

Characteristics of News Item Text

Each text must have its own characteristics to distinguish it from other types of text. The characteristics of news item text are as follows:

The content of the text focuses on an important event or event

The language used is short but dense

Sometimes it begins with the name of the city or the name of the publishing medium. For Example Jakarta -....

Usually accompanied by pictures / illustrations and titles (headlines) that describe the essence of the event

Language Features of News Item Text

1. Using simple past tense

If you are familiar with understanding the simple past tense through the article Simple Past Tense: understanding, formulas, functions, and example sentences, of course you can immediately understand the linguistic characteristics of this one.

Simple past tense is a form of sentence to express an event in the past. You see, the news is written when the event has already occurred.

FYI, sometimes writers also rely on The simple present tense in making headlines or titles to give the impression that the information to be conveyed is new and urgent.

Oh yes, sometimes news item text can also be written with simple present tense to tell a fact that still continues to the present.

2. Using saying verbs

Take a look at the generic structure of news item text. There, there are examples of sentences that end with “Raina said."Well, Raina is a person's name, while said is one example of saying verbs. So, saying verbs are identical verbs occurring in conversational activity.

Examples of saying verbs are, respond, say, answer, ask, reply, inquire, tell, etc. However, in news item text, generally the saying verbs will be written in the past tense. For example, say becomes said, then tell becomes told, etc. Saying verbs are also called reporting verbs in reported speech.

If in the Indonesian language, you will often find saying verbs such as reported, said, Said, told, etc.

3. Using action verbs

Action verbs or dynamic verbs are verbs that refer to an action that is visible to others. As explained in Article 11 types of English verbs (verbs) and examples, action verbs are also called dynamic verbs.

Let's see from the following example sentences:

On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no illnesses were detected but he died on Friday.

On Tuesday, Didi was taken to Bandung for treatment. Muthia said no illness was detected but he died on Friday.

In the sentence above, there is taken which means “brought” and treatment which means treatment.

4. Using adverbs: time, place, manner

Do you know what adverbs mean? Adverbs are adverbs that describe verbs, adjectives, or other words. In this case, the adverbs used are time, place, and manner.

Adverbs of time are adverbs of time, place is adverbs of place, and adverbs of manner are adverbs to express how an activity can be carried out or how an event can occur.

What is the difference between News Item Text and Report Text?

Don't get me wrong, guys. News item text and report text are different. If the report text is a text that reports the results of observation, research, observation, study of objects, animals, people, or a place. Unlike news item text that only informs important events or events.

The question at the beginning was not answered. Essentially this news item explains what and how the text of the news, may be useful yaa..

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