NEWS ITEM PART III

 Hello there, everyone! We'll talk about the last part of the news item at this meeting. Read carefully and thoroughly. ✅✅✅

♢ Getting to Know the News

An article or a short paragraph that offers the most recent (updated and up to date) information on noteworthy or essential daily events where the information is worthy and important to be reported is known as a news item.

♢ The Purpose of the News Item

The objective of news item text is to inform readers or listeners about important or newsworthy events that occur on a daily basis.

♢ Features of a News Item

• In the title, there is a brief summary of the story. 
• Making use of action verbs 
• Explaining current events in the past tense 
• Using verbs to express yourself 
• Adverbs are used to describe time, place, and style.

♢  Characteristics of Structure and Language 

The linguistic structure of news item text is divided into three parts: 

1. Participate in activities. 

This section is often known as "breaking news." This is the portion that tells or contains information about the main event or occurrence, usually in the form of a summary 

2. Events in the background 

This section, sometimes known as Elaboration, describes the backdrop of the event or occurrence, including who was involved and where the incident occurred.

3. The source 

The source, which includes comments, witnesses to events, expert opinions, and other information about the events or events recorded, is the final section. 

There are linguistic qualities in each genre of text in English that distinguish it from others. The most noticeable feature of news item text its short and sweet language. Other text news item include the following language characteristics: 

~ The headline contains only a few words of information. 

~ Concentrate on a certain incident. 

~ Saying verbs, such as reported, quoted, spoke, preached, and so on, are used by the dominant. 

~ Use action verbs, which are verbs that show activity, as much as possible. 

~ Use auxiliary verbs to show time and place frequently.

♢ Format in News Item

• Concentrate on the main point. Allowing long-winded writing to exclude a crucial component of a news story is not a good idea. Make an effort to write in clear, correct, and easy-to-understand English.
• Typically, quotes from sources are used. Words like "informed," "told," "reported," "he stated," and others come to mind. 
• Make it a habit to start each sentence with the name of the location where an event takes place. For example, Bekasi, Jakarta, and other cities in Indonesia.
• Usually, the grammar used in writing news is past tense because the news usually has already happened. If it is still ongoing, you can write it in the present tense.
• Try to write short, concise, and clear, especially in the headline.

Some examples of news items

Jakarta (JP) – The Central Jakarta administration will dismantle more than 100 billboards with expired permits.

The administration will ask the Central Jakarta Taxation and Fees Agency to validate the findings. The removal of the billboards will be organized when the data is validated. The Public Order Agency will be ordered to prepare a budget for the plan.

“Based on our initial findings, we found 115 billboards whose permits have expired. They will be removed,” Central Jakarta Mayor Mangara Pardede said on Tuesday 

Amazon’s Prime Day will return for the fifth time next month, and this year the discount holiday will run for two entire days.

Amazon announced that Prime Day this year will start at midnight on Monday, July 15, and run for 48 hours. The company boasts that the event will include more than a million deals around the world, such as steep discounts on Alexa-enabled devices. In 2018, Prime Day lasted 36 hours, which was longer than in prior years. Amazon tested out its inaugural Prime Day in July of 2015 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It designed the day to replicate Black Friday for Amazon die-hards.

Pandemic of COVID-19 brings bad news for students in private schools. Currently, some students in private schools face difficulties.

The pandemic has made parents lose their jobs or get lower incomes. That is why parents have struggled to pay student’s tuition even during the online learning.

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