Time for english class! – News Item

Hi! 23th August, my morning started with english class. The lesson is about News Item. What is News Item????? Let me explain what is News Item. 

Source: Wiktionary. com

   News Item is a text that contains information about events or events newsworthy and considered important. The purpose of news item is to inform the readers about newsworthy or important event of the day. 

   Generic Structure of News Item is Main event (tells or contains news about key events or events which are usually written in summary. Second is, backgorund event (tells us about the elaboration. For example the background of events, who is the participant, when the events happeneda and the location of events. The last is source (about the comment, witness or the opinion from the expert). 

   The Language Features og News Item is using simple past tense, using action verb (hit, kick, walk, etc), using saying verb (reported, stated, said), adverb of time  (yesterday, last year, last month). 

I think that's all my explanation about News Item. 

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