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  News item is a  text which informs readers about events of the day . The events are considered newsworthy or important. It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. Definition of News Item News item is a text which informs readers about events of the day. The events are considered newsworthy or important.  It means if there is an important event that should be known by many people, then this event deserves news. Well, the news text is called the news item text. However, if there are events that people do not deserve, then they are not definitely worth to be news. Generic Structure of News Item There are three important things in news item text: # Main Events / Newsworthy event(s): it recounts the event in summary form. # Elaboration / Background event(s): they elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstance # Resource of Information (Source) : it conta...

   Definition of Explanation Text Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena. Explanation text is to say ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the forming of the phenomena. It is often found in science, geography and history text books Purpose of Explanation Text 1. Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific, and  cultural phenomena. 2. To explain how or why something happens. The structure of the Explanation Text consists of 2 parts 1. General Statement The General Statement is the first part of the Explanation Text which is located in the first paragraph. This section has a function to provide a general explanation of events or phenomena that will be discussed in a text. General Statements can contain an understanding of an event or phenomenon and several sentences containing a general explanation of the event or phenomenon. 2. Sequenced of Explanation Sequenced o...