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: Anif Maftukha
Arina Millati
Desi Arisanti Eka Oktaviani Saputri
News Item
Sosial Function
Factual text which informs readers events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
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Fokus on generic, non human Use of simple present Use of temporal and causal conjunctive relations Use of mainly material or action clauses, some passives to them right
Schematic Structure
TSUNAMI ALONG
Headline
Newsworthy Event
Jakarta (JP). Mondays tsunami along the southem coast of java has caused devastating losses that are still being counted . Traumatized survivors , many camped out in the hills far from the shore line, are living in fear that another earthquake would trigger another wave ofdestruction. The eartquake which triggered a tsunami wiped out the beach resorts and fishing villages along the southem coast of java. The meteorology and geophysics, agency (BMG) said that the Wednesdays eartquake measured 6.2 on the Richter Scale. Its epicenter was 48 kilometres bellow the sea level. BMG official, Weni said the areas on the west coast of West Java and Banten , as well as those in the south coast of Lampung, were at risk of being hit by a tsunami. However , the possibility of a tsunami was quickly discounted by other agencies.
(Taken from: Jakarta post,2009)
Background Event
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THE VICTIMS OF TSUNAMI B. THE POSSIBLE RISKS OF TSUNAMIS IN BANTEN AND C. THE TSUNAMI IN THE SOUTH WESTERN PART OF INDONESIA D. THE DISASTER CUESED BY THE TSUNAMI IN THE SOUTHEM COAST OF JAVA E. THE TSUNAMI SURVIVORS IN JAVA
LAMPUNG
BANTEN B. IN JAKARTA C. IN THE SOUTHEM COAST OF JAVA D. IN THE SOUTH COAST OF LAMPUNG E. IN THE WEST JAVA
WIT THE SUFEFERING OF THE VICTIMS,
WE LOVE ALLAH.... ..
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