Definition of News Item
News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important. This text can found various news, example: news paper, magazine and tabloid. And there is also at news in television and also in radio.
B. Generic Structure of News Item
1. News Worthy Event, representing core of news.
2. Background Events contains a description of the event, what, when, where, who and how.
3. Sources of information contain comments or testimony from the informant who saw the incident or who knows the event.
C. Language Feature of News Item
* Headline
* There are action verb
* There are saying verb, example ;say, tell, inform
* Using direct and indirect / reported speech.
To inform/informing the readers, listener and beholder about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
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