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) : recount the event in summary form
Background Event (s) : elaborate what happened, to WHOM, in WHAT circumstances
Sources : 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 headline
Generally using simple past tense
Use of material processes to retell the event
Using action verbs , (,) : were, run, go, kill, etc
Using saying verbs , (.) : say, tell
Focus on circumstances
Use of 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
Minggu, 31 Mei 2009
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