Chapter 4 News Item (Part 1)

A. Definition Of News Item:

 News item text is an English text that tells an important event or event in a form resembling news, or is worthy of being made news.

B. Purpose News Item

 The news item function is also known as a social function or social function, namely what is the purpose of writing a text for the general public.

C. Generic Structure of New Item

 1. Main event/Newsworthy events

 main event is a paragraph that contains a summary of an event, aka an important event that is a highlight to be conveyed to the reader.

 2. Elaboration/Background Event

 This event background contains the background of the events that occurred. Starting from what and who was involved, where, when, why, and how the incident happened.

 3. Resource of Information (Source)

 source, yaitu bagian yang berisi tentang pendapat para ahli atau saksi mata. Selain itu, bisa juga berupa komentar dari berbagai pihak lain yang terlibat.