NEWS ITEM (Learning Materials)
DEFINITION News Item Text is a text which informs readers about events of the day. SOCIAL FUNCTION To inform readers or listeners about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. LANGUAGE FEATURES •Past tense, present perfect tense, future tense •Passive voices (P) A building is renovated by the government (A) The government renovated a building •Direct and indirect speech “The meeting is canceled.” said the principal. The principal said that the meeting was canceled. •Article (a, an, the) •Mechanic GENERIC STRUCTURE - Judul (headlines) - Paragraf pembuka (newsworthy) - Latar belakang kejadian (background events) berupa rangkaian paragraf yang merinci isi paragaraf pembuka. - Kutipan (sources) Headlines Title of the text. Newsworthy Event Part of text which tells readers about the main idea or the main topic of the text. It could be a summary of the event. Background Event Part of...