Contoh News Item Text Beserta Ciri dan Strukturnya

News item text adalah teks yang berisikan informasi berita penting atau kejadian penting yang terjadi di tengah masyarakat pada hari ini.

Adapun tujuan dari news item text adalah memberikan informasi kepada pembaca, pendengar, atau penonton tentang kejadian hangat yang tengah terjadi dan patut untuk diketahui atau penting, demikian dikutip di buku TOP ONE Ulangan Harian SMA/MA IPA Kelas X oleh Tim Super Tentor.

Ciri News Item Text

Berikut ciri-ciri yang terdapat dalam sebuah news item text, seperti dikutip di buku Bestie Book Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA Kelas X, XI, & XII oleh The King Eduka, di antaranya:

1. Singkat, padat, dan jelas

2. Informasi yang diterangkan berkaitan dengan judul

3. Menggunakan action verb. Action verb adalah kata kerja yang menunjukkan aktivitas. Contoh: looked, went, changed, swam, slept, etc

4. Menggunakan saying verb. Contoh: say, report, claim, said, told, etc.

5. Banyak menggunakan adverb of time (contoh: at noon, yesterday, now, last week, next week, this morning, etc), adverb of place (contoh: here, there, above, over the city, on the street, etc), dan adverb of manner (quickly, terribly, gradually, peacefully, safely, fast, well, etc)

Struktur News Item Text

Seperti halnya dengan jenis teks lainnya, news item text juga memiliki struktur yang membedakannya dengan teks-teks lainnya. Adapun struktur news item report, seperti dikutip di buku English for Vocation School oleh Isma Rachmadani Siregar, yaitu:

1. Main Event (Inti Kejadian)

Main event adalah kejadian yang diberitakan secara ringkas dari suatu peristiwa yang terjadi atau biasa disebut dengan berita utama.

2. Elaboration (Background, Participant, Time, Place)

Penjelasan secara rinci dari pemberitaan mulai dari kenapa, siapa saja yang terlibat, kapan, dan di mana kejadian dari pemberitaan tersebut ditulis atau dibacakan.

3. Resource Information

Merupakan bagian akhir yang memuat sumber dari informasi, misalnya komentar dari masyarakat atau pernyataan lisan dari narasumber.

Contoh News Item Text

Berikut beberapa contoh tentang news item text, sebagaimana mengutip di buku Tembus Target Skor TOEFL Tertinggi oleh Panca Prastowo; Supersmart Book Bahasa Inggris SMA Kelas X, XI, XII oleh Diah Nur Hidayati; Bongkar Pola Soal UNBK SMA/MA IPS 2020 oleh Ika Femilia P, SPd dan buku TOP ONE Ulangan Harian SMA/MA IPA Kelas X oleh Tim Super Tentor:

1. Town Contaminated

• Main event:

Moscow - A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another soviet nuclear catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town.

• Elaboration:

Yelena Vazrshaskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of Shkortova-22 near Vladivostok.

The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster, spread radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents war told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a 'thermal' and not nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean up operation to remove more than 600 tons of contaminated materials were sworn to secrecy.

• Resource Information:

A board of investigation was later to describe it as worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.

2. Indonesia Shine at Run for Friends

• Main event:

Two hundred runners from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) ran from Wutung to Skouw in the internasional Cross Border 10K on Wednesday.

• Elaboration:

The race started at Wafa Village, Vanimo, 7,5 kilometers from the RI-PNG border in Wutung, PNG and finished in Skouw, Indonesia. The event which adopted 'Run for Friendship' as its theme, started at 8 a.m. Eastern Indonesia Time.

Heavy rain did not affect the participants who kept their high spirits throughout the race. The event was dominated by male runners. There were only eight female runners in the event.

Hanafi of Indonesia was first placed in the male category, completing the course in 31 minutes. Another Indonesian, FG Manori was first place in the female category, completing the course in 44 minutes. The winners in both categories received a cash prize of Rp 5 million, respectively.

• Resource information:

The cross border race was the first of its kind held between the two neighboring countries and was made possible thanks to cooperation between Indonesia Papua provincial administration, as well as the support of PT Freeport Indonesia as the event partner.

3. An Alliance Could the Answering the Growing Threat from Google and Facebook

• Main event:

Apple, which has stumbled in its efforts to get into social media, has talked with Twitter in recent months about making a strategic investment in it, according to people briefed on the matter.

• Elaboration:

Although Apple has been hugely successful in selling phones and tablets, it has little traction in social networking, which has become a major engine of activity on the web and on mobile devices. Social media are increasingly influencing the ways people spend their time and money - an important consideration for Apple, which also sells applications, games, music, and movies.

Apple has considered an investment in the hundreds of million of dollars, one that could value Twitter at more that $10 billion, up from an $8,4 billion valuation last year, these people said. They declined to be identified because the discussions were private.

• Resource Information:

There is no guarantee that the two companies, which are not in negotiations at the moment, will come to an agreement. But earlier talks are a sign that they may from a stronger partnership aim intensifying competition from companies like Google and Facebook.

Demikian contoh-contoh news item text, beserta ulasan mengenai pengertian, ciri, dan juga strukturnya. Semoga bisa bermanfaat ya detikers.