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News Items: Structure and Language Features

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  • Give three examples of saying verbs
    say, state, express
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  • Give three examples of action verbs
    drive, catch, run
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  • What is a news item?
    A text that informs readers about events which are considered newsworthy or important.
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  • What are the structure of news items?
    newsworthy events, background, sources
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  • What is newsworthy event?
    tells the event in a summary form
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  • What is background event?
    elaborate what happened, tell what caused the incident
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  • What is sources?
    comments by participants, witnesses, authorities and experts involved in the event
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  • What is reported speech?
    speech which tells you what someone said without quoting the person's actual words
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