NEWS ITEM

Kompetensi dasar:
3.4 membedakan fungsi sosial,struktur teks dan unsur kebehasaan beberapa teks news item lisan dan tulis
dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait berita sederhana dari koran/radio/TV, sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya.
4.4 menangkap makna secara konstektual terkait fungsi sosial,struktur teks dan unsur kebehasaan teks news
item lisan dan tulis dalam bentuk berita sederhana dalam koran/radio/TV.

Materi pembelajaran
 Definition
News item is a text which informs the reders about events of the day. The events are considered
newsworthy or important.
 Communicative purpose/tujuan komunikasi
News item is used to informs the reders about events the day.
 Generic structure/struktur teks
a. Main events/Newsworhty event(s) : berita utama,bagian yang menceritakan ringkasan dari
suatu kejadian atau peristiwa penting yang terjadi.
b. Elaboration/Background event(s) : menceritakan secara rinci latar belakang kejadian atau
peristiwa yang terjadi,siapa yang terlibat,dimana,dan bagaimana peristiwa itu terjadi.
c. Resource of information(source) : bagian terakhir dari struktur news item tels merupakan
sumber berita bisa berupa pernyataan narasumber,komentar saksi,pendapat para ahli atau
pernyataan dari pihak terkait dari suatu peristiwa atau kejadian.
 Language feature
a. Focusing on circumstances ( using a simple language in writing the text)
b. Using saying verbs;….,she said, informed,told,reported.
c. Sometimes at the beginning of news, the scene is mentioned: Jakarta-…/Kualalumpur-…
d. Using past tense in explaining news events.
e. Short, telegrafhic information about story captured in headline.
f. Using adverbs: time,place and manner.
g. Using of material processes to retell the event.

LATIHAN SOAL

1. What is the definition of news item?

A. A text that retells a main event of a past story.
B. A text that gives an overview about item and events.
C. A text that describe event in the past, place and time clearly.
D. A text that informs the reader about event considered as a newsworthy.
E. A text that tells a story in the past event, and is groupped as narration text.

2. What are generic structures of news item?

A. Resource-event-description
B. Resource-main events-event-explanation
C. Resource of information-elaboration-conclusion
D. Orientation-elaboration-resource information
E. Newsworthy event-elaboration-resource of information

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 3.Which one does NOT include a further description about the events?
A. Time
B. Place
C. Participant
D. Publication
E. Background
4. The following are language feature of news item,except…
A. Using action verbs
B. Using saying verbs
C. Using a background
D. Using adverb of time
E. Using material process

5. The following are about news item,except…

A. An important event can be considered as a news item
B. Focusing on a circumstance is a part of language feature
C. Transitive vebs sre needed in languange feature of neaws item
D. Adverb of time,place and manner are part of language feature
E. Further description about time,place and background is called elaboration.

Read the following text to answer questions number 6 to 9.

The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via
Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was
found to have paid some Rp3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days old.
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Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in
Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
"The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration," Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue,
October 16, 2018).

6. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To inform readers about an arrested man for buying an infant.
B. To describe the important person for readers.
C. To argue that arresting the man is important.
D. To explain how police arrested the man.
E. To retell the readers about how police arrested the man

7. . What is the generic structure of the text above?

A. Orientation – Complication – Reorientation
B. Orientation – Series of events – Reorientation
C. Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration
D. Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources
E. Resource information-elaboration-conclusion

8. . "MN was arrested at his house…" The word "his" refers to a house belonging to ...
A. The police officer.
B. The arrested man.
C. The infant-parent.
D. A Surabaya administration officer.
E. The police chief.
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9. . "…for allegedly buying an infant" The infant word has a similar meaning with ...
A. Man
B. Adult
C. Child
D. Grown
E Teenager

Read the following text to answer questions number 10 to 13.

Two state-owned lenders — Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI — will build temporary houses for 400 families
displaced by the recent strong earthquake that hit Sigi District, Central Sulawesi Province.
Second Assistant Secretary of Sigi District Government Iskandar Nontji informed that Bank Mandiri will
construct the temporary houses for 100 families in the South Sibayala area of Dolo Sub-district.
Meanwhile, Bank BNI will erect temporary shelters for 300 families in Jonoge Village of Sigi Biromaru
Sub-district that severely suffered from soil liquefaction during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the
area on Sept 28, he noted.

The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land, owned by the sub-district government, village,
and community members, he stated, adding that the Sigi district government will facilitate all related parties
to sign a letter of agreement.
"We are going to provide a letter of agreement that will be signed by all related parties to avoid any
unexpected eventuality in the future," he explained. (Antara, 17th October, 2018).

10. What is the text about?

A. Building temporary houses for displaced families.
B. Planning to displace the temporary house.
C. Signing a letter of agreement to build a permanent house.
D. BNI will build a new luxury house.
E. Bank Mandiri and Bank BNI

11. What can we infer from the text?

A. The temporary house will be built on the family lands.
B. The displaced family will build 400 houses for two state banks.
C. Shelters will be built by two state banks for the earthquake victims.
D. Bank Mandiri will be built in South Sibayala.
E. The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land.

12. What makes 400 families displaced?

A. Local governement.
B. 7.4-magnitude earthquake.
C. Temporary shelters.
D. 400 houses.
E. 100 houses.

13. The temporary houses will be constructed on pieces of land.." The temporary word has an antonym of ...
A. Momentary
B. Transitory
C. Limited
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D. Permanent
E. Facilitate

Read the following text to answer questions number 14 to 15.

Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its flights intended for
Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo Airport in Surakarta, Central Java after one of its planes
overshot an Adisucipto runway lane on Wednesday night.
"All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta, for a total of 34 flights, now will [be diverted]
to Surakarta," Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in an official
statement on Thursday.
The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from Denpasar, Bali, two to and from
Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from Surabaya, East Java.
The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers to Yogyakarta.
Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800 NG, which slipped on the runway and overshot a
lane on Wednesday night. It carried 123 passengers, none of whom were harmed.
Garuda aims to finish evacuating the aircraft on Thursday afternoon. (BBN) Taken from :
thejakartapost.com

14. What is the text about?

A. Redirect flights of Garuda Indonesia from Yogyakarta to Surakarta because of runway accidents.
B. Slipped plane accident in Adisucipto runway lane.
C. Evacuation of Garuda Indonesia after its accident.
D. Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communication about the overshot accident.
E. The flight include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta.

15 . It can be concluded from the text that ...

A. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident.
B. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia permanently redirected Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta.
C. Garuda Indonesia supplied buses to support passengers from Surakarta to Yogyakarta.
D. Garuda Indonesia had finished evacuating its plane when this news was reported.
E. Garuda indonesia still evacuating the boeing 737-800 NG.

16. The reason why Garuda Indonesia diverted Yogyakarta flights to Surakarta is because of ...
A. Maintenance of one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
B. The accident of its plane which slipped on the runway lane.
C. Many flights at Adisucipto Airport.
D. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications.
E. Many flights at Adisumarmo Airport.

Read the following text to answer questions number 17 to 20.

Madrid (Reuters) – Spain's most wanted thief, "The Loner", saw himself as a Robin Hood-style figure and
said he robbed banks only because they stole from the public, his lawyer said Thursday.
Accused of killing three policemen and holding up more than 30 banks, Jaime Jimenez Arbe was planning to
move on to insurance companies when he was arrested last month, Spanish media reported, citing lawyer
Jose Mariano Trillo-Figueroa.
"I am not a killer and if I was obliged to shoot at officers of the law, it was always against my will and in
order to avoid being arrested," Jimenez said in a letter reproduced on the websites of newspapers, El Pais
and El Mundo.
Trillo-Figueroa said Jimenez, who robbed the banks disguised in a false beard and a wig, thinks of himself
as Curro Jimenez, a Spanish 1970s television bandit in the style of Robin Hood.
The Loner was arrested in Portugal, armed with a submachine gun in preparation for another bank robbery-
Reuters.
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17. What is the text about?
A. The websites of newspapers EI Pais and EI Mundo.
B. Spanish media reporter, Jose Mariano Trillo-Figueroa.
C. The arrest of Spains's most wanted thief in Portugal.
D. A submachine gun in preparation for another Bank Robbery.
E. Spanish media reported

18. Before being arrested, Jaime Jimenez Arbe ... in Spain

A. Had just robbed a policeman.
B. Had robbed 30 banks.
C. Would have killed three officers of the law.
D. Had robbed insurance companies.
E.. Up more 30 banks.3

19. The reason why "The Loner" robbed the banks is because ...
A. His lawyer helped him.
B. He was the most wanted thief in Spain.
C. He was accused of killing three policemen.
D. He believed that the banks stole money from the public.
E. He was arrested last month.

20. "Trilo-Figueroa, said Jimenez, who robbed the banks disguised in a false beard and a wig …."
(Paragraph 3). The word "disguised" means ...
A. Changed appearance
B. Reduced confidence
C. Damaged reputation
D. Exposed to view
E. Increased confidence

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