News Item Text

News item 

News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic structure:

1. Main Events : Kejadian utama yang pantas dijadikan berita.
2. Elaboration : Penjelasan mengenai latar belakang adanya peristiwa tersebut; orang-orang yang terlibat dalam peristiwa tersebut; tempat peristiwa terjadi; dan lain-lain..
3. Resource of Information [Source] : Sumber berita; komentar para saksi; pendapat para ahli; dan lain-lain.

From:http://www.englishindo.com/2012/03/news-item-text-penjelasan-contoh.html

Robbery in Wisma Arjuna

Two robbers broke into an apartement in Wisma Arjuna last night and escaped with over us$ 20,000 worth of cash and jewelry. The owner of the apartment, Dr. F. Basuki, said he had locked the apartment before he went to bed, but the robbers had broken a small kitchen window to enter the apartment. One of the robbers carried a knife and tied up Dr. Basuki and his wife before taking the jewelry and money from bedroom.

Police searched the apartment carefully this morning to see if the robbers had left anything behind. Inspector Edy Budiarto of the city police department said the robbers had left fingerprints on the kitchen window and the police hope to make an arrest soon.

Recount Text

Recount

Social function: to retell people’s experience

Generic structure:

Orientation

Events

Reorientation

It was my grandpa's birthday party last Sunday. On Friday, my sister and I went shopping at the mall. We bought a nice shirt. Then we wrapped it in blue paper. Blue is my grandpa' favorite color.

On Saturday morning, my brother and I helped my sister making a birthday cake in the kitchen. It was a big and beautiful cake. I wrote `Happy Birthday' on it. After that, we put same chocolate and a candle on top of it.

On Sunday evening, my uncle and aunt came to my house, They brought several bottles of soft drink and flowers far grandpa. We sat together in the living room. My dad said a, prayer. Then we sang 'Happy Birthday' and my grandpa blew out the candle. He cut the cake ` into small pieces and gave a piece to everybody in that room. He opened the present and he was very happy with the shirt. Finally, my grandma told us some stories about my grandpa.

Spoof Text

Spoof

Social function: to share with others a real story of which ending is funny to amuse

the audience or readers.

Generic structure:

Orientation : the opening of the story which sets the scene.

Events : the details of the events in the story.

Twist : the funny or unpredictable ending of the story.

Pssst! Want to Buy a Fake Ferrari?

ROME: Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake  Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price.

Police accused 15 people of buildingthe blood red sports cars and sellingthem to car fanatics on a budget, most of whom knew they were buying a counterfeit classic.

Car body workers who police called "very able" cobbled together mostly fake parts and a few orig inal components. They used body parts from other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and doors.

The body parts were modified to look like Ferrari clas sics such as the 328 Gtb, which went out of production inthe late 1980s.

Some of the cars sold for about 20,000 euros, about a tenth of the going price for some versions.

– Reuters –

Taken from The Jakarta Post, March 3, 2008

Hortatory Exposition Text

Hortatory exposition

Social Functions: To persuade the reader or listener that something that something is should or should not be in the case

Generic Structure

Thesis              : announcement of the issue concern

Arguments      : Reasons for concerns leading to recommendation

Recommendation : statement of what ought not to happen 

Mystery sinetrons must be stop from TV show

As we know, there are many mystery sinetrons shown on Television stations presently. The sinetrons depict horrible scenes about the spirit world. It is described that spirits often disturb people by frightening them in the darkness, when they walk alone at night or at the cemetery. The spirits are pictured as frightening appearance such as white clothes flying corpse, shattered face copse etc. the show must be abandoned for several reasons.

Firstly, it make a wrong perception of people toward spirits world. The spirits who disturb or appear before the people are very rare. But f the sinetrons always show them every day in a week, people think that spirits often and always disturb people, so they ‘ll afraid of them. Secondly, it will weaken the bravery of people especially children and women to do activity at nights, for example going the wells, cooking at kitchen alone etc. thirdly, such kind of sinetrons waste our time to think unreal phenomena while we are facing many kinds of living problems.  

In brief, for the reason, I think television station must stop showing mystery sinetrons. They are a bad influence on people, frightening our children and destroying their belief to god. 

Analytical Exposition Text

Analytical exposition

Social function:  to persuade people that something should be the case.

Generic Structure

Thesis                         : introduces a topic and indicates the writer's position; outlines the main arguments to be presented.

Arguments      : restates main arguments outlined in a preview; develops and supports each

point/argument.

Conclusion      : restates the writer's position.

Smoking dangerous

Smoking is very dangerous. Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look for at some facts.

About 50 thousand people die every year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as death in road accidents. Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking.

Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we are six times more likely die of lung cancer than a non smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a day, the risk is ninety greater.

Ninety five percent of people who suffer of bronchitis are people who are smoking. Smokers are two and a half times likely to die of heart disease than non smokers.

Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one hour in smoky room, non smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked fifteen cigarettes.

Smoking is really bad habit because it leads us to deadly diseases.

Smoking is very dangerous. Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look for at some facts.

About 50 thousand people die every year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as death in road accidents. Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking.

Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we are six times more likely die of lung cancer than a non smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a day, the risk is ninety greater.

Ninety five percent of people who suffer of bronchitis are people who are smoking. Smokers are two and a half times likely to die of heart disease than non smokers.

Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one hour in smoky room, non smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked fifteen cigarettes.

Smoking is really bad habit because it leads us to deadly diseases.