GENERIC STRUCTURE
1. Newsworthy Event(s) : recounts the event in summary form.
2. Background Events : Elaborate what happened, tell what caused the incident.
3. Sources : comments by participants in witnesses to and authorities expert on the event.
LANGUAGE FEATURES
- Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline.
- Use of Material Processes to retell the event (in the text below, many of the Material Processes are nominalised)
- Use of projecting Verbal Processes in sources stage.
- Focus on Circumstances (e.g. mostly within Qualifiers).
Example of News Item/ Contoh News Item
Man Jailed for Striking RI Maid
Nesworthy event { SINGAPORE: A supervisor was jailed for two months repeatedly striking his Indonesian maid on the head and back with a television remote control, news reports said on Thursday.Background Event 1 { Muhammad Shafiq Woon Abdullah admitted in a Singapore court he physically abused the woman on several occasions between June and October 2002, The Straits Times said.
Event 2 { The magistrate’s court heard that Shafiq, 31, began striking Winarti, 22, about a month after she atarted working for him.
Event 3 { He hit her on the head 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.
Source { S.S Dhillon, Shafiq’s lawyer, said his client lost his “better sense” 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.
Taken from: Singapore Strait Times 2004
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