News Item
News Item
News Item
NEWS ITEM
Purpose
Text Organization
It mainly consists of three parts: newsworthy events,
background events, and sources.
Language Features
TEXT ORGANIZATION
NEWSWORTHY EVENTS
The events start to end. Comments from the public, like the
witnesses, the police or the experts are usually included.
Language Features
Information on the use of headlines
The use of an action verbs
He hit her on the bed with the TV set’s remote control because he was
unhappy with her work. On one occasion, he punched her on the back
after accusing her of daydreaming.
Action
Sources Verbs
S.S.Dhillon, Shafiq’s lawyer said his client lost his ‘better senses’ when
he saw his daughter’s face covered as she lay in bed.
He said his client thought the maid had put the child in danger. -DPA
Newspaper Headlines
Headlines in newspaper are printed in large letters to catch the reader’s
eye. They use as few words as possible and are called ‘Phrase
Headlines’. Grammar words like articles (a, an, the) and auxiliary
verbs (is, are, were, was, may, must, can, etc.) are often left out.
Examples :
Torrential Rain in Most Areas
Women Barred from Jobs
Price Curbs Boost Exports
Rewards for Tracing Suspects
Some headlines use the present tense although the event happened
days before. Why? Because the writer wants to give the subject a sense
of freshness and importance, making it more interesting to read.
Newspaper Headlines
For future event, use to-infinitive The President will open the ASEAN summit.
Headline : President to open ASEAN summit.
To infinitive
For an event which is taking place now, English Teachers are having a TEFLIN
use present participle seminar.
Headline : English teachers having TEFLIN
seminar.
Present participle
For a sentence using ‘is, are’, omit them People are free to choose their leader.
Headline: People free to choose leader.
Write the normal of the following
headlines
1. Plane shot down over Mediterranean = A
plane was shot down over the
Mediterranean.
2. Election won by surprise candidate =
3. Pop star mobbed by fans at the airport =
4. Local residents afraid of eruption =
5. Police investigating suspect =
6. Kris Dayanti succesful in concert =
7. Miss World visiting orphanage =
8. President to inspect damaged roads =
Newspaper Language
Newspaper language is not the same as
the ordinary English. They prefer words
that are usually shorter and distintive.
NEWSPAPER LANGUAGE
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