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  Definition and Purpose According to the Oxford English Dictionary,  news item text is a text which inform readers about events of the day. News item is one type of text in English that is used if you want to learn to be a good journalist. Structure and Language Characteristics  In news item text, there are three parts of the linguistic structure, namely: The main event is the main part that tells the event or the main news that you want to discuss   Elaboration or event background contains an explanation of the main event part.   Source is about the source of the news, and this also includes comments and things given by the source The following are the linguistic characteristics of other text news items:  Brief information contained in the headline  Focus on an incident  Dominant uses saying verbs, such as reported, quoted, said, preached, and so on.  Generally use action verbs, which are verbs that show activity  Often use auxiliary...

  Explanation text what is explanation text??? Explanation text is a type of English text that contains how or why something happened. Generally, this type of text describes the process of something happening. Explanation text serves to provide information through a detailed explanation of a phenomenon that occurs. Characteristics of Explanation Text There are several characteristics of this text, namely: Using Simple Present Tense Using Action Verbs Using Passive Voices Using Noun Phrases Using the Technical Terms Contains an explanation of the process Generic Structure of Explanation Text There are two parts of the Explanation Text, namely: General Statement Contains general information about the topic to be discussed in the text. Explanation Contains a series of events (sequence of events) of a process which is the topic of the text. We can also explain using why and how questions, so that our explanation is more comprehensive. Closing The closing or closing section is optional...