News Item

Purpose : To inform readers, listeners, or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Text Organization :

· Newsworthy events(tells the event in a summary form)

· Background events(elaborates what happened,explains what caused the incident)

· Sources(comments by participants,witnesses,authorities,and experts involved in the event)

Languange Features :

§ Information on the use of headlines.

§ The use of action verbs.(e.g:bit,attack,curb)

§ The use of passive sentence(e.g: Aceh was hit by a Tsunami in 2004)

§ The use of adverbs in passive sentence(e.g:The victims were bdly injured)

§ The use of saying verbs(e.g:said,added,daimed,ETC)

Example of News Item :

SINGAPORE : A Supervisor was jailed for two months for repeatedly striking his Indonesian maid on the head and back with a television remote control news reports said on Thursday.

Muhamad Shafic woon Abdullah admitted in a Singapore court he physically abused the woman on several occasions between june and October 2002, The strait times said.

The Magistrate’s court hear that Shafiq

31,began striking Winarti,22 about a mont after she started working for him.

He hit her on the head with the TV set’s remote control because he was unhappy with her work. On one occasion,he punched her on the back after accusing her of day diearing

S.S Dhilon,Shafic’s lawyer said his client lost his better senses when he saw his daughter’s face convered as she lay in bed.

He said his client thought the maid had put the child in danger-DPA.