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The Lexico-grammatical Features of News Report 1:
Aussie Man Dies While Surfing in Lombok
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The Headline
1) Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts
of the event
2) Telegraphic sentence: leaving out
function words.
- Aussie man(telegraphic) = anAussie
man (normal)
- Aussie (shortened name) = Australia
(normal)
3) The Simple Present Tense for
‘active’ voice
- Aussie man dies while
surfing in Lombok
- (for the normal form “... died
/ has died ...)
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The Newsworthy Events
1) A sentence or
sentences in the first paragraph containing all important
facts about the event: (1) the casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the
reason, (4) the time, and (5) thelocation; the verb in the present
perfect tense, and present participle.
[An Australian tourist named
Andrew Richard Wiseman] [has died] [afterdrowning] [while surfing] [at
Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara].
2) It starts with the name
of the place where the event was covered, in small cap characters:
mataram: ...
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The
Events in Details
Tenses associated with past
events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive, past
perfect) and present perfect are used to state the details
of the event
2nd paragraph: went,
said, was found
3rd
paragraph: was living
4th paragraph:
questioned, had seen
5th
paragraph: were, saw, drowned, said
6th
paragraph: brought
7th
paragraph: was given, could not be
resuscitated,
said
8th
paragraph: came, brought
9th
paragraph: took, refused
1) The passive voice
- Andrew was found dead
at around 1 p.m. ...
2) Direct quotations to report the events
- “They were the ones who saw the
victim drown. Based on their information, the victim drowned directly below
his surfboard,” Kholilur said on Monday.
3) Indirect quotations to report the events
- Based on reports received by
police, the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday,
Central Park police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Kholilur Rochman said.
- Wiseman was given emergency first
aid for 25 minutes, but he could not be resuscitated, Kholilur said.
- Based on reports received by police,
the 52-year-old man went surfing alone around 11 a.m. on Sunday
4) Participle [present] to
state the circumstances surrounding the event
- …while surfing at
Tanjung Aan Beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara....
- … the 52-year-old man wentsurfing alone
around 11 a.m. on Sunday …
- … after receiving reports,
…
5) Participle [past] to modify
a thing or person
- An Australian tourist namedAndrew
Richard Wiseman ....
- Based on reports received by
police, …
6) Adjective clauses to add more information
about a person/thing
- ... two other foreign
tourists, Eva, from Germany and John Robert Haton, from Australia, who
had seen the incident firsthand.
7) Prepositional phrases to state
the circumstances surrounding the events
- at Tanjung Aan Beach
- in Lombok
- around 11 a.m.
- on Sunday
- during his time in Lombok
- in a home stay
- in Kuta village
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The Lexico-grammatical Features of News Report
2: Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
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The Headline
1) Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts
of the event
2) Telegraphic sentence: leaving out
function words.
Fire (telegraphic)= a fire(normal)
3) The Simple Present Tense for
‘active voice’
Fire erupts at
illegal oil well in Indonesia
(for the
normal form “…..erupted/ has erupted…)
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The Newsworthy Events
A sentence or sentences in the first paragraph containing all important
facts about the event: (1) the casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the reason,
(4) the time, and (5) the location; the verb in the past simple and
Passive Voice.
Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia’s
northernmost province onWednesday, killing at least 18
people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badly burnt,
authorities said.
It starts with the name of the place where the news was reported, in
small cap characters:
JAKARTA: ...
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The Events in Details
1) Tenses associated
with past events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive,
past perfect) and present perfect are used to state the
details of the event.
2)
2nd paragraph: broke out
3rd paragraph:were still trying, had caused,
have
started
4th paragraph:showed
5th paragraph:had gathered
6th paragraph:brought
7th paragraph: were gutted, were still trying
8th paragraph: sent
9th paragraph: was being operated
10th paragraph: were trying
11st paragraph: were abandoned
1) The passive
voice
- At least five homes
were gutted by the fire,. ...
2) Direct quotations to report the
events
- “Oil doesn't come up
to the surface easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually,
then try to separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where
they probably had the fire,"said Mangantar Marpaung, former
chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency.
3) Indirect quotations to report the
events
- At least five homes
were gutted by the fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other emergency
personnel, along with villagers, were still trying to contain the blaze on
Wednesday evening.
- Agung said the well
was being operated by local residents, adding that he was not sure if there
were other illegal wells in the area.
4) Participle (present) to
state the circumstances surrounding the event.
- In hopes of collecting crude
oil after being told about a massive spill there,
5) Adjective clauses to add more
information about a person/thing.
- Flames rising at
least 10 metres into the air in the farming village of Pasir Putih in
East Aceh district, which is about 1600 kilometres
north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
6) Prepositional phrases to
state the circumstances surrounding the events
- at an illegal oil well
site
- in Indonesia's
northernmost province
- in Aceh province
- about 1600 kilometres
north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
- on Wednesday evening
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The Lexico-Grammatical Features of News Report 3:
Elephant Poachers Arrested in Malaysia
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The Headline
6) Bigger and bold
fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the event
7) Telegraphic sentence:
leaving out function words.
- Elephant
poachers (telegraphic) = The elephant poachers (normal)
8) The Simple
Past Tense for ‘active’ voice
- Elephant
poachers arrested in Malaysia
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The Newsworthy Events
A sentence or sentences in the first paragraph containing all important
facts about the event: (1) the suspects, (2) the accident, (3) the
reason, (4) the time, and the verb in the past simple and Passive
Voice.
Four heavily armed poachers who targeted wild
elephants in Malaysia have been caught,officials
said Tuesday, the second such arrest in less than two years.
It starts with the name of the place where the news was reported, in
small cap characters:
MALAYSIA: ...
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The Events in Details
Tenses associated
with past events: past tenses (simple past, past
progressive, past perfect) andpresent perfect are used to state
the details of the event
2nd paragraph: was found
3rd paragraph: led
4th paragraph: showed
6th paragraph: were found
7th paragraph: were not found, were already
sold
8th paragraph: were believed
The passive voice
- Wildlife officials said
the gang caught near the town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of
Perak was found with deer antlers and suspected tiger bones.
- The elephant’s tusks
were not found,
Direct quotations to report the events
- “This crew is notorious.
They hunt elephants,” wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul Hashim told
AFP.
- “There are maybe two
more [poaching] groups [in the area]. We are working together with the police
on this.”
Indirect quotations to report the
events
- Wildlife officials
said the gang caught near the town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of
Perak was found with deer antlers and suspected tiger bones
Participle [present] to state the circumstances surrounding the event
- weapons including rifles
and homemade shotguns.
Participle (past) to modify nouns
- an elephant shot dead
by the poachers
Prepositional phrases to state the circumstances surrounding the
events
- near the town of Gerik
- in a nearby forest
- in the nearby state of
Kelantan.
- in Kelantan
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