3. She wore shoes ………………….
4. the water flowed to the sea …………….……
5. The curtain determined how much light entered the room. .............................. 6. The accelerator controlled he speed of the car. ...…………………
4.2.11. News Item Text
a. Social Function
News item text is a written public information of which the purpose is to inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
Basically, a news item text answers the 5W and 1H questions: what, who, when, where, why, and how relating to the newsworthy.
b. Generic Structure
The generic structure of News Item Text includes newsworthy event, elaboration of background background events, and sources.
Text Elements Content
Newsworthy event Event which is considered as newsworthy. The
newsworthy event is commonly placed at the first paragraph.
Elaboration of background
Background events The detail information of the newsworthy event or the
external background which closely relates to newsworthy event.
Sources The closing statements, ranging from the participants,
witness, and the official authorities.
c. Language Features
News Item Text focuses on the circumstances and the use of material process. In a functional description, circumstance refers to the adverbial group and the
prepositional phrase as constituent structures in a clause Halliday’s term instead of ’sentence’ besides participant, and process. Meanwhile, process refers to verbal
groups showing the expression of events in a clause. This includes whatever is happening, acting, doing, sensing, saying, or simply being. There are three basic
types of process: material, relational, and projecting. Material processes are about doing; they could answer the question ‘What did X do?’ or ‘What happened to X?’
Butt, et.al. 1998: 48-56. The language features of News Item text focus on general topics of human and non human being. It is characterized by the dominant use of:
1. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline 2. Action verbs
3. Saying verbs 4. Adverbs : time, place and manner.
d. Examples of News Item Text 1 Camp Rock 2 the final Jam will Premieres on Disney Channel
It was announced on Tuesday that Disney Channel movie with tourmate Demi Lovato, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, will premiere on September 3 at 8 p.m. ET.
On July 27, long before they watch the sequel to the 2008 flick, fans can pick up the soundtrack, featuring 15 original songs that a press release promises will span
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genres from hip-hop to rock to pop. The flick will not only have more summer lovin between real-life couple Lovato and Joe Jonas as Mitchie and Shane, but there will
also be a little friendly rivalry between the Camp Rockers and a group of musicians at another summer camp, Camp Star, including a love interest for Nick Jonas, played by
Chloe Bridges. The JoBros promise the movies music will be every bit as entertaining as its plot, which has been kept a secret since the movie was shot. The songs are
really cool, Joe told MTV News. Simplified from: www.hollywoodreporter.comhrfilm-reviews2012-film-review-
1004041300.story www.englishdirection.com
2 Three Die after Attending Marriage Ceremony
Three residents were killed, while dozens of others were wounded after a pickup truck they were taking to attend a marriage ceremony overturned in Jingkang village,
Banyumas Regency, on Sunday. The pickup was carrying 30 passengers, mostly women, when it failed to ascend a steep road on its way back from the ceremony.
As a result, the passengers were squeezed. The wounded passengers were later rushed to the Ajibarang regional public hospital. Local police are investigating the
cause of the accident Taken from Jakarta Post. e. Exercise
Writing Choose and analyze the texts below 1 or 2 based on its elements.
Paraphrase the points of each element and write them in the table.
1 Egypt Peacefully Transitions to Military Dictatorship
CAIRO, EGYPT - Following the resignation of President Hosani Mubarak, pro- democracy demonstrators quietly watched as the military dissolved parliament and
suspended the constitution. We have gotten rid of an autocrat, said one demonstrator. Egypt now has a military junta like many nations in South America.
The government will report to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, who have vowed to hold free election in six months or more. According to Prime Minister
Ahmed Shafiq, military leaders havent threatened to shoot anyone, should the nation not return to normality. Thats quite a big concession, said Shafiq. This shows the
army cares deeply and is very sincere. Crowds in Tahrir Square were heartened by the news. One man wept openly. For years we were under the boot of a tyrant
Mubarak and now were ruled by the military who have promised not to shoot us. Im so glad I have Twitter.
2 Japanese Urged to Try Rioting
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Frustrated by televised scenes of orderly Japanese waiting for water and other supplies, a New Orleans resident has urged the Japanese people to
riot. What are they waiting for? said Charles Green, 41. A written invitation? Green felt that by refraining from looting and attacking fellow citizens the Japanese were
missing out on a golden opportunity to shake loose some tension. Green referred to images of police helping Japanese victims instead of ransacking a store and fleeing
with lap tops. Short-sighted, said Green. Thats free stuff. Plus rioting is like a good long run. It releases what I call riot endorphins. Green hoped the U.S. government
would dispatch self-absorbed, unruly Americans to Japan. They could teach those
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Japanese to loosen up a little. Green thought Charlie Sheen would be a good choice as well as a large portion of the Wisconsin Teachers Union.
Text elements Content
Newsworthy event ……………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………….
Elaboration of background
………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………….
Source. ……………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………..
Vocabulary a. Make a list of words identified as material process in the text a and b above;
then replace them by other closely related words.
……………., ……………, ……………….., ……………, …………….., …………….., ….……., ……………, etc.
b. Write and explain the category of circumstances the adverbial groups and the prepositional phrases to occur in the following sentences.
1. An unidentified man became a hero in Argentina on Tuesday February 09. 2. The video shows the man jump of the back of motorcycle and push a white van
across the tracks. 3. The train narrowly missed him.
4. After a brief discussion with the man driving the motorcycle, he got back on the motorcycle and the two drove away.
5. Two people died while four others were wounded in a landslide at a yard behind a house near Teleng market in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra on Tuesday.
6. The injured were rushed to the Achmad Muchtar and Yarsi hospitals. 7. An Indonesian migrant worker Munti Binti Bani has died on Monday after being
hospitalized for several days due to alleged torture by her employees in Selangor, Malaysia.
Grammar
Change the following sentences into the stated affirmatives. 1. Should the U.S. Navy be used to evacuate American nationals caught inside
Libya? 2. Has the Presidents response to the crisis been tepid in you opinion?
3. We have gotten rid of an autocrat, said one demonstrator. 4. Is there a reason youre jumping on that staffers back?e Dont thank me.
5. My cancer is much better now, said al-Megrahi. 6. What are they waiting for? said Charles Green, 41.
7. According to Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, military leaders havent threatened to
shoot anyone, should the nation not return to normality.
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4.2.12. Review Text
a. Social Function
