News Item Part 1, 2, 3
Part 1 Definition news item definition is a text which inform readers about events of the day Structure and Language Characteristics 1. Main event This section is also known as newsworthy event. This section is the part that tells or contains news about the main events or events which are usually written in summary form (summary) 2. Background event This part, which is often referred to as Elaboration, is the part that tells the background of the event or incident, who was involved and the location of the incident. 3. Source The last part is the source, which tells about comments, witnesses to events, expert opinions, and so on regarding the events or events that are reported. Linguistic features of other text news items: Brief information contained in the headline Dominant uses saying verbs, such as reported, quoted, said, preached, and so on. Focus on an incident Generally use action verbs, which are verbs that show activity Often use auxiliary verbs that show time and pl...