News Item text
News item is a text which informs
readers about events of the day. The events areconsidered newsworthy or
important.
Purpose
Is to inform readers,listeners,or viewers about events of the day which are
considered newsworthy or important
Generic Structure of News Item
1. Newsworthy
events : recounts the events in summary
form (main event)
2. Back ground
avent : elaborate what happened, whom
what circumstances.
3. Sources of info : comments by participants, witnesses,to
and authorities expert on the event.
Characteristic
a. Short,
telegraphic information
b. Retell the
event
c. Verbal
processes and focus on circumstances
Language Feature
a. Short,telegraphic information about story captured in
headline
b. Focusing on
circumstances
eg : mostly within qualifiers
c. Use of material processes to retell
the events ( in the text bellow,many of the material
processes are
nominalised)
d. Use of
projecting verbal
e. Processes in
sources stage
f. Action
verbs,
eg : were
g. Saying
verbs,
eg : say,said,tell
h. Using adverb
: time,place and manner
eg : badly injured, the most beautiful
bride in the world
i.Using past
tense
eg : was,received
Indonesian maid beheaded in Saudi
Arabia
An indonesian housemaid has been executed
in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of killing her employer. The Saudi
Interior Minister said “the woman was beheaded in the Southern
Asir province in what was the second execution in the country”.
The maid was earlier found of suffocating
her female boss and stealing her jewellery.Rape,murder and other serious crimes
can carry
the death penalty in the conservative desert kingdom.
Last year, Saudi Arabia which
follow a strict intepretation of Syaria, Islamic law executed more than 130 people.
Analysis text :
Purpose
To inform
readers,listeners, or viewers about event of the day which are considered
newsworty or important
Generic
structure analysis
Ø Newsworty event : An indonesian maid
was beheaded in Saudi Arabia.
Ø Background events :
-
Background 1 :
The maid was found guilty of suffocating and killing her bos
-
Background 2 :
Serious crimes can carry death penalty in Saudi Arabia
-
Background 3 :
Saudi Arabia executed more than 130 people last year
Ø Sources of info : The Saudi Interior
Minister statement
Language
feature analysis
Ø Short, telegraphic information about
story captured in headline
Ø Focussing circumstances : Law of
serious crimes
Ø Using material process :
behead,execute,carry
Ø Use of saying verb : said
Ø Using past tense : Was,
beheaded,executed
Pembantu Indonesia dipenggal di Arab
Saudi
Seorang pembantu rumah tangga
indonesia telah dieksekusi di Arab Saudi setelah dinyatakan bersalah membunuh
majikannya. Menteri dalam negeri Saudi mengatakan “Wanita itu dipenggal di provinsi Asir
Selatan dimana eksekusi kedua di negara ini”.
Pembantu itu sebelumnya ditemukan
mencekik majikan perempuannya dan mencuri perhiasannya. Perkosaan,pembunuhan
dan kejahatan serius lainnya dapat membawa hukuman mati dikerajaan gurun
konservatif.
Tahun lalu,Arab Saudi yang mengikuti
intepretasi ketat syariah,hukum syariah dijalankan lebih dari 130 orang.
Analisis teks :
Tujuan
Untuk
menginformasikan pembaca,pendengar,penonton tentang peristiwa sehari-hari yang
dianggap layak diberitahukan atau penting.
Analisis
struktur umum
Ø Acara utama : Seorang pembantu
Indonesia dipenggal di Arab Saudi
Ø Latar belakang acara :
-
Latar belakang
1 : Pembantu dinyatakan bersalah mencekik dan membunuh majikannya
-
Latar belakang
2 : Kejahatan serius dapat membawa hukuman mati di Arab Saudi
-
Latar belakang
3 : Arab Saudi mengeksekusi lebih dari 130 orang tahun lalu
Ø Sumber info : Pernyataan Menteri dalam
negeri Saudi
Analisis ciri
bahasa
Ø Pendek,informasi telegraf tentang
cerita ditangkap dalam judul
Ø Fokus keadaan : Hukum kejahatan berat
Ø Menggunakan proses bahan : memenggal
kepala,melaksanakan,membawa
Ø Menggunakan kata kerja mengatakan :
kata
Ø Menggunakan bentuk lampau :
itu,dipenggal,dieksekusi.
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