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DEFINITION OF
NEWS ITEM
News items is a text that informs
the readers about newsworthy or
important events of the day.
Newsworthy which means
newsworthy, so not all events can
be reported. Only important events
or events that deserve to be
reported. If the incident is not
important then it is not worthy of
being reported and known to many
people.
STRUCTURES 01
Main Event/
OF NEWS ITEM Newsworthly Event
Headline of the news

02 Background Event
Telling the specific event
and answering 5W1H

03 Sources
Statement or opinion from
someone who involves in
the event or knows about
the chronology of the event
Social Function
News item text is a written public
information of which the purpose is
to inform readers about events of
the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.
Basically, a news item text answers
the 5W and 1H questions: what,
who, when, where, why, and how
relating to the newsworthy.
LANGUAGE FEATURE
1. Using the Simple Past Tense
The formula for the Simple Past Tense is :

Positive Subject + Predicate (Verb 2) + Object

Subject + Predicate (Was/Were) + Complement (Adjective/Noun/Adverb)
Negative Subject + Predicate (Did not + Verb 1) + Object
Subject + Predicate (Was/Were + Not) + Complement
Interroga Did + Subject + Verb 1 + Object?
tive Was/Were + Subject + Complement?
Modality Subject + Could/Might/Had to/Would/Should + Verb 1
Time • Yesterday
Signal • Last week
• Three days ago
• In 2020
• When …
Example

1. Mr Vladimir Putin visited Turk to talk about military corporation.

2. Soeharto was the former President of Indonesia that led Indonesia for 32 years.
3. The solders did not attack the enemy troops.
4. The moon could evolve our Earth faster than before.
5. The staff could return the paskage to the company.
LANGUAGE FEATURE
2. Focus on specific circumstance
Meaning that what is discussed in the news item text is a special case that is current. Global
issues that have occurred for a long reported in news items.

3. Using the material process

A process thata use a verb that refers to a physical or physical activity.
Example
• The farmers dig the soil and found a buried temple.

• In South Kores, the flower blossoms in the Summer.

• The Fishermen sailed and caught the fish illegally.

• The airport police investigated a suspicious woman carrying a mysterious bag.

LANGUAGE FEATURE
4. Using the passive voice
The formula for the passive voice is
Be
Subject Are/am/is/was/were Verb 3 by Object
Be/been/being

Example
• The city was bombed by The US Air Force
• Tomorrow, these documentary films will be televised by the director, James Cameron.
• The hotel was investigated by CIA and FBI.

5. Using the time conjunctions

For example : before, after, when, while, and others
LANGUAGE FEATURE
6. Using the direct speech and indirect speech
 Direct speech
Words spoken directly by the speaker and heard directly by partner of speaking.
Example
• My Tjahjo said, “The cabinet of Joko Widodo needs a reshuffle”

 Indirect speech
The word is rephrased by someone else, in this case it is rewritten by the reporter.
Example
• My Tjahjo said that The cabinet of Joko widodo needed a reshuffle

7. Using the action verbs

For example : closed, came, attact, observed, investigated, and others
EXAMPLE 2

National scene : five fisherman arrested in singapore

Newsworhty events :
Singaporean powers have confined five fisherman from bagan siapiapi
riau, in the offshore of singapore, march 12, 2020

Background of events :
'Five customary fisherman from bagan siapiapi were caught and kept in
tanjung bandan, singapore." Executive of the kepri office of the
indonesian traditional fisherman association (KNTI) Sirajudin Wachid
said as cited by Antara. The captures were made as the anglers were
returning home from a two-day trip.
EXAMPLE 2

Source :
Sirajudin said that Singaporean oceanic police captured the
fisherman after they had conducted the routine patroll in the
offshore of singapore. The fisherman were recognized as Taka,
Rukmana, Abdul Qadir, M. Muzid and Mustafa. Sirajudin
encouraged the administration to help discharge them.
 QUESTION 2

1. What are generic structure of the text?

2. What language features can you find in the text above
and write them?
3. Can we use simple past in news item text? If we can't,
give the reliable reason!
ANSWER 2
EXAMPLE 3
3. The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on
Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have
been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police
would have identified the names of the victims easily.
What part of News Item is this?

a. Newsworthy event

b. Sources

c. Authorities

d. Background event

e. Direct Speech
LANGUAGE FEATURE
Neptune is the Saturn is a gas giant
farthest planet from and has several
the Sun rings

2009 2013 2018 Now!

Mercury is the Venus is the second

closest planet to the planet from the Sun
Sun
What Sets Us
Apart?

Jupiter Saturn Mars

It’s a gas giant and the Saturn is composed Despite being red,
biggest planet in the mostly of hydrogen and Mars is a cold place full
Solar System helium of iron oxide dust
What Do We Do?

To modify this graph, Despite being red,

click on it, follow the Mars is cold
link, change the data
and paste the new
graph here
Saturn is the ringed
planet

Venus has a Jupiter is the biggest

beautiful name planet
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Do It?
Dynamic Interactive
Despite being red, Jupiter is a gas giant and
Mars is a cold place the biggest one

Static Audiovisual
Venus is the second Saturn is a gas giant and
planet from the Sun has several rings
What Do We
Offer?

Bulletins Audiovisual
Despite being red, Saturn is a gas giant, and
Mars is actually a cold the ringed one. It’s
place. The planet is full of composed mostly of
iron oxide dust hydrogen and helium
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Mercury Jupiter Mars

Mercury is the closest It’s the biggest planet in Despite being red, Mars
planet to the Sun the Solar System is a cold place

Neptune Venus Saturn

It’s the farthest planet Venus is the second Saturn is the ringed one
from the Sun planet from the Sun and a gas giant
What Do They
Say About Us?

Helena Patterson, 31
“Saturn is composed mostly of
hydrogen and helium”

John James, 26
“Despite being red, Mars is actually
a cold place”
1,233,000
is the number of pieces of news
published last year
Coverage
Countries Covered 32

Foreign Correspondents 105

Collaborating Institutes 14

Branch Offices 20
Case Studies

Mercury Jupiter Mars Saturn

Mercury is the It’s the biggest planet Despite being red, Saturn is the ringed
smallest planet of them all Mars is cold one
A Picture Is
Worth a
Thousand
Words
Type of News

23.33%
Despite being red, Mars is
a cold place

Mercury
34.56% Mercury is the closest
Venus is the second planet planet to the Sun and the
from the Sun smallest one
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