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News Item Text

Definiton of news item text?

News item text is a text which inform


readers about events of the day / News
item adalah teks yang memberikan
informasi tentang kejadian / peristiwa
harian
Generic Structure of news item text?

• Main Events : Kejadian utama yang pantas dijadikan berita.


• Elaboration : Penjelasan mengenai latar belakang adanya
peristiwa tersebut; orang-orang yang terlibat dalam peristiwa
tersebut; tempat dan waktu peristiwa terjadi; dan lain-lain.
• Resource of Information (Source) : Sumber berita; komentar
para saksi; pendapat para ahli; dan lain-lain.
Purpose of news item text?

• To inform the readers about newsworthy or important events


of the day.
• To present information the readers about newsworthy or
important events of the day.
The characteristics of news item text?

• Focusing on circumstances (bahasanya singkat padat dan


tidak bertele-tele)
• Using material process
• Using action verbs (kata kerja yang menunjukan aktifitas)
• Using saying verbs (diberitakan, dikatakan, dikutip,
mengatakan, memberitakan, mengutip)
• Using adverb of time, adverb of place, adverb of manner.
The characteristics of news item text?

• Focusing on circumstances (bahasanya singkat padat dan


tidak bertele-tele)
• Using material process
• Using action verbs (kata kerja yang menunjukan aktifitas)
• Using saying verbs (diberitakan, dikatakan, dikutip,
mengatakan, memberitakan, mengutip)
• Using adverb of time, adverb of place, adverb of manner.
Example of news item text?
Floods hit Jakarta after heavy rainfall in capital, upstream areas

Floods have inundated several parts of Jakarta due to heavy rainfall that occurred in the capital and its upstream areas on
Monday. The authorities have also alerted residents near the Ciliwung riverbanks to stay cautious. The Jakarta Disaster
Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that 49 neighborhood units were still inundated by floodwaters as of Tuesday morning.
The flooding ranged from 10 to 100 centimeters high in 23 areas of East Jakarta and from 10 to 80 cm high in 14 neighborhoods
of West Jakarta.  Meanwhile, 10 areas of South Jakarta as well as one area of each North and Central Jakarta were inundated by
floodwaters from 20 to 50 cm high.  Jakarta BPBD information and communication center head Raditya Jati said the most
flooding had occurred in West Cengkareng subdistrict, Cengkareng, Banten, where the waters reached 10 to 30 cm high.  
Kompas.com also reported that, as of Tuesday morning, 32 roads in West Jakarta and North Jakarta were still inundated by
floodwaters, including several roads in West Cengkareng, where the flooding was around 10 to 30 cm high. The regional
disaster agency noted that 15 people had been forced out of their homes as a result of the floods.

This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "Floods hit Jakarta after heavy rainfall in capital, upstream areas".
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