News Item
Definition
News
Item is a factual
text which informs the readers about events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.
Purpose
To inform
readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.
Generic
structure:
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Newsworthy Event(s): recounts
the events in summary form
• Background Event(s): elaborate what
happened, to WHOM, in WHAT circumstances.
•
Sources: comments by
participants in, witnesses to, and expert on the event.
Significant
Grammar Features:
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Short, telegraphic information about
story captured in headline
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Generally using Simple Past Tense
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Use of Material Processes to
retell the event
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Using Action Verbs, e.g.: were,
run, go, kill, etc.
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Using Saying Verbs, e.g.: say,
tell
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Focus on Circumstances
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Use of projecting Verbal Processes in
Sources stages
• There are some rules that can help to make
newspaper headlines more comprehensible.
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The passive voice is used without the
appropriate form of “be”.
Example:
Town ‘Contaminated’
Complete
Sentence: Town is contaminated.
• It is unusual to find complex forms, generally
the simple present form is used
Example:
Fire destroys over 2,511 acres of Forest in 2003-2004
Complete
Sentence: Fire has destroyed over 2,511 acres of forest in 2003-2004.
» The present progressive tense is used, usually
to describe something that is changing or developing, but the auxiliary verb is
usually left out.
Example:
World Heading for Energy Crisis
Complete
Sentence: The world is heading for an energy crisis.
» To refer to the future, headlines often use
the infinitive.
Example:
Queen to Visit Samoa.
Complete
Sentence: The Queen is going to visit Samoa.
» Headlines are not always complete sentences.
Example:
More earthquakes in Japan.
Complete
Sentence: More earthquakes happened in Japan
Aji Saka went to the kingdom, measured the
size of the turban . . .;
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Use a action verbs to indicate the actions
such as fled, explained, provided,
smashed; and
Ø
Use of saying and thinking verbs to indicate
what characters are feeling, thinking or saying, such as realized, decided
Example:
The Story of Lake Toba
Once upon a time, there was a man who was
living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. They did
some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.
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