News Items

To inform the readers/listeners about a newsworthy event.

• Source (s)

• definition

• Language Features

• Social Function

• structure

What are the generic structures of news item?

• Resource - event - description.

• Newsworthy events - background event - resource of information.

• Resource - main events - events - explanation.

• Orientation - elaboration - resource of information

• Newsworthy events - orientation - description.

The following are language features of news item, except ....

• Using action verbs.

• Using saying verbs.

• Using simple present tense

• Using adverb of time.

• Using a background

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

• Background of the event (s)

• Newsworthy event (s)

• Generic Structure

• Saying Verbs

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

• Social function

• Language Feature

• Purpose

• Generic structure

• All answers are correct

What is the best headline for the text above?

• A. Tik Tok launched marketing program for advertisers

• B. Tik Tok launches marketing program for advertisers

• C. Tik Tok is launching marketing program for advertisers

• D. Tik Tok attracts the advertisers

• E. Tik Tok was banned in US

What is the news about?

• A. Tik tok and The US Governemnt

• B. A launch of Tik Tok in US

• C. Tik Tok offers a new program for advertisers

• D. Tik Tok facilitates anyone to campaign.

• E. Tik Tok now has a business devision for marketing.

Why did US Government ban Tik Tok is US?

• A. Tik Tok doesn’t give benefits for US

• B. Tik Tok can be used for stealing personal data.

• C. US Government divest Tik Tok

• D. US Government supports Microsoft to have the same app.

• E. Tik Tok is more popular than facebook or another soc.media.

What benefit does Tik Tok facilitate for advertisers?

• A. Tik Tok is popular

• B. Tik Tok is easy to run

• C. Tik Tok offers interesting app.

• D. Tik Tok has so significant numbers of users.

• E. Tik Tok can be used for dancing and singing.

Beijing’s approval means ….

• A. Tik Tok sale must be agreed by China Gov.

• B. Tik Tok sale is agrees by China Gov.

• C. China Gov. owns Tik Tok.

• D. Tik Tok must be sold to US

• E. China protects Tik Tok from Us.