News Item

Purpose
To inform readers, listeners, or viewers about event 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)


Language Features
� Information on the use of headlines

� The use of action verbs
(e.g.: Hit, Attack, Curb)

� The use of saying verbs
(e.g.: Added, Claimed)

� The use of passive sentences
(e.g.: Aceh was hit by Tsunami in 2004)

� The use of adverbs in passive sentences
(e.g.: The victims were badly injured)