• Definition of News Item News Item Text is a type of text that provides up-to-date information about events that are important to you. News Item Text aims to provide information to readers or listeners. Usually, News Item Text provides information that is the latest event. • The Characteristics of News Item Text News Item Text features The characteristics of this text are as follows: • The language used is short but concise and focuses on an event • This text also includes the main information in the title of the text (headline). •Usually use verbs to indicate activities (action verbs) such as push, hit, jump, crash, and so on. • The tenses commonly used in this text are Past Tenses because the events being told have already happened. However, it is possible to be able to • use the Present Tense. •This text also uses saying verbs such as said, stated, reported, and so on. • General Structure of News Item • Main Event/Newsworthy Event: is the main story, the par...