News Item

News item text is a factual text which inform reader or daily newspaper about events of the day which are regarder as news worth or important.
The generic structure of News item :
· Headline :
Correspondence.
· Newsworthy events :
Recounts the event in summary form.
· Background events :
Elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances.
Sources :
Comments by participants in, witness to and authorities expert on the event.
Linguistic features :

* Action verbs.
* Verbal verbs.
* Mental verbs.
* Temporal circumstances.
* Spatial circumstances.
* Specific participants.