News Item News item text is a text that inform the reader about certain events or news that

happening. In this text the writer would like to give a clear information how, why, where the event happened. The purpose of the text: To inform the readers, listeners, viewers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important. The Generic Structure of the Text is: 1. Newsworthy Event(s) Elaboration (background, participant, time, places) Sources of Information Dominant Language Features: Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline 2. Using action verb 3. Using saying verb Using adverb : time, place and manner 5. Focusing on circumstances Using material process Example : Argentina, February 09 An unidentified man became a hero in Argentina on Tuesday February 09 after security cameras captured him pushing a stalled van off the railroad tracks as a train bore down on the vehicle. The video shows the man jump of the back of motorcycle and push a white van across the tracks before leaping back across tracks as the train narrowly missed him. After a brief discussion with the man driving the motorcycle, he got back on the motorcycle and the two drove away.