definition, purpose, generic structure, and language feature.

1. NEWS ITEM TEXT
AND
REPORT TEXT

2. NEWS ITEM TEXT
Earthquake aftershock hits Nepal and India,
magnitude 6.7
A strong earthquake aftershock struck India and
Nepal on Sunday, shaking buildings in New Delhi and
triggering an avalanche in the Himalayas. The United
States Geological Survey said the tremor was 6.7
magnitude, less than the 7.9 quake that struck the region on
Saturday killing at least 1,900 people.
“Another one, we have an aftershock right now,”
Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai told Reuters by telephone
from base camp on Mount Makalu, 20 km (12 miles) from
Everest.
Screams and the sound of an avalanche could be
heard over the phone line Vajpai was speaking on. At
Everest base camp, Romanian climber Alex Gavan tweeted
that the aftershock had set off three avalanches.

3. ANALYSIS
A. Definition : News item is a type of the text that has the main
function or communicative purpose to inform readers or listeners or viewer
about events of the day that are considered newsworthy or important
B. Purpose : The purpose of news item text is to inform the readers
about newsworthy or important events of the day
C. Generic Structure of news item
1. Main Event/Newsworthy Event
2. Background Event/Elaboration
3. Source
D. Language Feature of Report
1. The news item often uses adverbs of time, adverbs of place
and adverbs of manner
2. Using Passive Sentence
3. Using simple present tense
4. Information on the use of head lines.
5. Use of adverbs in passive sentences

4. E. Kinds of verb
1. Action verb :
- Speaking
- Shaking buildings
- Screams
2. Mental verb : None
3. Thinking verb : None
4. Linking verb :
- Heard
5. Saying verb :
- Said
- Told

5. REPORT TEXT
Elephant
An elephant is the largest and strongest animals which live in
land. It is a strange looking animal which has thick legs, huge sides and
backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little pair of eyes, long white
tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose called the trunk. An
elephant is commonly seen in a zoo because it is hard to find them in
their natural habitat.
The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature and it has various
usages. The elephant’s trunk can also lift leaves and put them into its
mouth. In other word, their trunks serve the elephant as long arm and
hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy but an elephant can
move very quickly.
The elephant is considered to be an intelligent animal. Its
intelligence combined with its great strength make an elephant a very
useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways
such as carrying heavy loads, hunting for tigers and even fighting.

6. ANALYSIS
A. Definition : A report text is a type of text that announce the
result of an investigation or announce something. The information given
in a report text is very general information.
B. Purpose : The purpose of a report text is to present information
about something generally. It generally describes the way things are
with reference to arrange of natural, manmade and social phenomenon
in our environment.
C. Generic Structure of Report:
1. General classification
2. Description
D. Language Feature of Report
1. focus on generic participant
2. using relational process
3. using simple present tense
4. no temporal sequence

7. E. Kinds of verb
1. Action verb :
- carrying
- fighting
- hunting
- move
- hanging
2.Mental verb :
- intelligent
3. Thinking verb : None
4. Linking verb :
- looks
5. Saying verb : None

8. NEWS ITEM TEXT REPORT TEXT
Generic Structure:
a. Main Event/Newsworthy Event
b. Background Event/Elaboration
c. Source
Generic Structure:
a. General classification
b. Description
To inform readers about events of
the day which are considered
newsworthy or important
To present information about
something, what it is, as a result of
systematic observation or analysis
Direffences between news item text and report text

9. NEWS ITEM TEXT REPORT TEXT
Using simple present
tense
Using simple present
tense
Explain information Explain information
Similar between news item text and report text