Nama: Oki Oktama

Kelas : XII AP 1

NEWS ITEM

1. News item text is a text that informs readers about daily events that
are newsworthy or important.
2. The social function of news item text is to inform readers or listeners
about events of the day that are considered important or newsworthy.
3. Generic structure of news item text :
a. Newsworthy event
Recount the event in summary form. ( Berisi pengenalan
peristiwa, seperti kapan, dimana, siapa, dan apa yang berkaitan
tentang berita tersebut )
b. Background event
Elaborate what happened, to whom and in what
circumtances. ( Berisi latar belakang dari kejadian. Biasanya ditulis
dengan menggunakan kronologi newsworthy event dengan
tambahan beberapa latar belakang peristiwa )
c. Source
Comments by participants in, witnesses to, and authorities
expert on the event. ( Mengandung pernyataan dari korban,
pelaku, pihak berwenang, serta saksi yang berkaitan dengan
peristiwa )
4. Linguistic features
a. Past Tense (verb 2)
Example : But some residents refused to leave their homes,
citing security concerns.
b. Indirect speech (use saying and/or action verb)
Example : She said that tenants had to obey certain regulations.
c. Adverb (time, place, manner)
 Al-Qaida-linked tribesmen ban popular drug in southern.
Tribesmen allied with al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen have imposed a ban on the
leafy qat plant, a mild narcotic widely chewed on a daily basis, in a southern
port city overrun by the militants last month.
Yemeni men traditionally chew qat for several hours starting around midday,
stuffing their cheeks with the leaves and letting its narcotic dissolve in their
saliva. At daily qat-chewing sessions Yemenis recline on floor cushions, listen
to traditional music, exchange gossip and engage in wide-ranging debates.
The widely cultivated plant consumes 30 percent of the extremely scarce water
resources in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, and cuts into the
production of other crops. The World Health Organization classifies the drug as
a narcotic.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and allied tribesmen overran the city of
Mukalla, capital of the vast Hadramawt province last month, in part because of
heavy fighting elsewhere between Shiite rebels known as Houthis and loyalists
of Yemen’s internationally recognized president, backed by Saudi-led airstrikes.
The tribesmen, who refer to themselves as “Sons of Hadramawt,” on Thursday
distributed pamphlets saying qat chewing is banned and that violators “will be
held fully responsible under Shariah law,” without elaborating.
Pictures posted on social networking sites for local reporters showed tribesmen
setting fire to piles of green leaves in the streets while others armed with assault
rifles halted trucks carrying the plants and turned them away from the city.

“Qat is a problem either way,” said Salem Dayan, a merchant in Mukalla. “If
you ban it, people will have nothing to do to kill time, and if you lift the ban,
you bring back the financial burden on your family.” A person can spend
anywhere from $5 to $50 on qat for a single session.
Retired teacher Ahmed Basalma welcomed the ban, saying qat “ruined lives and
wrecked whole families,” but that addicts would likely find a way around it.
Awad bin Dagher, a government employee, said there are no recreational
alternatives to the drug. “We have nothing but the seafront,” he said. “I can’t
imagine my life without qat.”
A. Social Function
The social function of this news item text is to inform the reader about the
banned of popular drug in southern.

B. General Structure
1. Newsworthy event (Paragraph 1)
Tribesmen allied with al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen have imposed a
ban on the leafy qat plant, a mild narcotic widely chewed on a daily
basis, in a southern port city overrun by the militants last month.
2. Background event (Paragraph 2)
The widely cultivated plant consumes 30 percent of the extremely
scarce water resources in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country,
and cuts into the production of other crops. The World Health
Organization classifies the drug as a narcotic.
.
3. Source (Paragraph 3)
Retired teacher Ahmed Basalma welcomed the ban, saying qat “ruined
lives and wrecked whole families,” but that addicts would likely find a
way around it.
Awad bin Dagher, a government employee, said there are no
recreational alternatives to the drug. “We have nothing but the
seafront,” he said. “I can’t imagine my life without qat.”.
C. Linguistic Feature
1. Past Tense
o The widely cultivated plant consumes 30 percent of the extremely
scarce water resources in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest
country.
o Tribesmen allied with al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen have imposed a
ban on the leafy qat plant
o Retired teacher Ahmed Basalma welcomed the ban …

2. Indirect speech
- The tribesmen, who refer to themselves as “Sons of
Hadramawt,” on Thursday distributed pamphlets saying qat
chewing is banned and that violators “will be held fully
responsible under Shariah law,
3. Adverb
The widely cultivated plant consumes 30 percent of the extremely
scarce water resources in Yemen
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and allied tribesmen overran the
city of Mukalla, capital of the vast Hadramawt province last month