Task 4 (M4 LA1 )

Topic 3: Lexico grammatical Features of News Reports

Task 4

Now, you will analyse thelexico grammatical features of the three news reports. The analysis of News Report 1 has been done for you as an example. Study the example carefully.

The Lexico grammatical Features of the Headline

The lexico grammatical features of the headline

Text News Report 2

Fire Erupts at Illegal Oil Well in Indonesia

The Headline 1)      Bigger and bold fonts stating the newsworthy facts of the event 2)      Telegraphic sentence: leaving out function words. -          Fire  (telegraphic) = a fire (normal) 3)      The Simple Present Tense for ‘active’ voice -          Fire Erupts at Illegal Oil Well in Indonesia -          (for the normal form “... erupted / has erupted ...)

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Newsworthy Event

The Newsworthy Events 1.       A sentence or sentences in the first paragraph containing all important facts about the event: (1) the casualty, (2) the accident, (3) the reason, (4) the time, and (5) the location; the verb in the past simple and Passive Voice. Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in Indonesia’s northernmost province onWednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40 others, some of whom were badlyburnt, authorities said. 2.       It starts with the name of the place where the news was reported, in small cap characters : JAKARTA: ...

The Lexicogrammatical Features of the Events in Details

The Events in Details 1)      Tenses associated with past events: past tenses (simple past, past progressive, past perfect) andpresent perfect are used to state the details of the event 2nd paragraph:  broke out 3rd paragraph:             were still trying, had caused, have started 4th paragraph:             showed 5th paragraph:             had gathered 6th paragraph:             brought 7th paragraph:             were gutted, were still trying 8th paragraph:             sent 9th paragraph:             was being operated 10th paragraph            were trying 11st paragraph            were abandoned 2)      The passive voice -  At least five homes were gutted by the fire,. ... 3)      Direct quotations to report the events -          “"Oil doesn't come up to the surface easily in these old wells, so they try to pump it up manually, then try to separate the oil by distillation in barrels, and that's where they probably had the fire,"said Mangantar Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining Fire and Rescue Agency.. 4)      Indirect quotations to report the events  At least five homes were gutted by the fire, the agency said. Firefighters and other emergency personnel, along with villagers, were still trying to contain the blaze on Wednesday evening. Agung said the well was being operated by local residents, adding that he was not sure if there were other illegal wells in the area. 5)      Participle [present] to state the circumstances surrounding the event In hopes of collecting crude oil after being told about a massive spill there, 6)      Adjective clauses to add more information about a person/thing Flames rising at least 10 metres into the air in the farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district, which is about 1600 kilometres north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. 7)      Prepositional phrases to state the circumstances surrounding the events  -          at an illegal oil well site -          in Indonesia's northernmost province -          in Aceh province -          about 1600 kilometres north-west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. -          on Wednesday evening