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The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

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• To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant

• To describe the important person for readers

• To argue that arresting the man is important

• To explain how police arrested the man

• To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

The Surabaya Police have arrested a

man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

“MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word refers to a house belongs to…….

• The arrested man

• The infant parent

• The police officer

• A Semarang administration officer

• Surabaya administration officer

“…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……

• Child

• Teenager

• Adult

• Man

• Grown

The Surabaya Police have arrested a

man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.

MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.

Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.

“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)

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• Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

• Orientation – Complication – Reorientation

• Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation

• Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

• Goal – Equipments – Steps

Karl Lagerfeld was born in 1933, and he worked for Chanel as the creative director for 36 years. He was a fashion icon. He always wore similar clothing – a white shirt, black suit,black tie and black glasses. This became his typical look.

Last month, he missed Chanel’s culture show. He was not well and recently he died. He was 85.

What statements is incorrect based on the news above?

• Karl worked for chanel for more than 36 years.

• Karl likes to wear black glasses.

• Karl has an unique looks.

• Karl is known as fashion icon.

• Karl passed away last month.

Karl Lagerfeld was born in 1933, and he worked for Chanel as the creative director for 36 years. He was a fashion icon. He always wore similar clothing – a white shirt, black suit,black tie and black glasses. This became his typical look.

Last month, he missed Chanel’s culture show. He was not well and recently he died. He was 85.

What kind of outfit that Karl doesn’t usually wear?

• Black suit.

• White shirt.

• Black glasses.

• White tie.

• Black tie .

“He was a fashion icon“.

What does the bolded word mean?

• A person who created fashion brand.

• A person who report latest fashion news.

• A person who reviewing fashion item.

• A person who is respected in fashion industry.

• A person who love to promote his fashion line.

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

What tenses are commonly used in the news item text?

• Simple Future Tense

• Simple Present Tense

• Simple Past Tense

• Simple ContinousTense

• Simple Past Future Tense

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