NEWS ITEM

News item is factual text which informs the reader about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important

Social function of news item is : to inform readers, listeners or viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important

- Generic Structure
 Newsworthy event (s)Ø : recount the event in summary form
 Background Event (s)Ø : elaborate what happened, to WHOM, in WHAT circumstances
 SourcesØ : comment by participants in, withesses to and authorities to and authorities expert on the event

- Signification grammar features :
 Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headlineØ
 Generally using simple past tenseØ
 Use of material processes to retell the eventØ
 Using action verbs , (,) : were, run, go, kill, etcØ
 Using saying verbs , (.) : say, tellØ
 Focus on circumstancesØ
 Use ofØ projecting verbal processes in sources stages

There are some rules that can help to make newspaper headlines more comprehensible
1. The passive voice is used with out the approprianto form of “be”
2. It is unusually to find complex forms, generally the simple present form is used
3. The present progressive tense is used, usually to describe something that is changing orde ueloping, but the auxiliary verb is usually left out
4. To refer to the future, headlines often use the infinitive
5. Headlines are not always complete sentences