News Item Text
What is it?
Social Function
News Item text purposes to inform readers or listeners about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
Generic Structure
It tells the main event which is considered newsworthy in a summary form.
It elaborates what happened or tell the detail information or what causes the incident. It can include the background, participant, time, and place relating to the news.
It contains comments which can be from the participants, witness, the official authorities or experts in the events.
Language Feature
2. Using of saying verbs (said, added, claimed)
3. Using of passive sentences (Aceh was hit by Tsunami in 2004)
4. Using of adverbs in passive sentences (The victims were badly injured)
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