THE DEFINITION OF NEWS ITEM

News item is a text that ... .

• presents critical analysis on events or works for readers or public audiences

• is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps

• informs readers about events of the day

• is located near photos that gives important information

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What is a definition of news item?

• A text that retells a main event of a past story.

• A text that gives an overview about item and events.

• A text that describes events in the past, place, and time clearly.

• A text that informs the reader about event considered as a newsworthy.

To inform the readers/listeners about a newsworthy event.

• Source (s)

• Social Function

• Language Features

• Simple Past Tense

what is the social function of news item?

• to inform the reader about newsworthy event

• to describe how to make news

• to explain an incidence

• to retell the news

• to inform the reader about unimportant event

Events in the form of a summary. Usually in paragraph one about who, what, and where.

• Newsworthy event (s)

• Background of the event (s)

• Generic Structure

• Saying Verbs

which one is include the newsworthy events?

• my brother fell from bike

• a huge accident in Jalan Gatot Subroto

• my mother cut her finger

• an accident with 1 victim

• I tripped on a stone

Statements from the people, witnesses, or experts related to the events.

• Source

• Background event

• Newsworthy event

• Headline

comment from witnesses is called?

• newsworthy event

• background event

• source

• saying verb

• action verb

What is source in news item to?

• tell the newsworthy event

• describe things appearance

• inform the experience

• show statements from experts

• elaborate what happened

Newsworthy event (s); Background event (s); Sources

• Social function

• Generic structure

• Language Feature

• All answers are correct