Name : Iyut Pitriany

School : SMPN-1 Dusun Utara

Regency : South Barito
Subjek : Assignment Module 4 Task 3 Topic 2 : Text structures
of News Reports

Text 1
Now, you will analyze the TEXT STRUCTURES of the two news reports.
The Structure of the Headline

PARTS OF NEWS FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS

I. Headline Summarizing the event in a telegraphic text

1) The unfortunate event

Fire erupts at illegal oil well in Indonesia
- A fire erupted
2) The time and location (an activity)
- At illegal oil well, Indonesia

The Structure of the Newsworthy Event

Now, have a close look at the structure of the section of the Newsworthy Event.

Summarizing the event

Newsworthy Event Restating the headline in a normal sentence or
II.
(The first paragraph) sentences, with more information added to the facts
stated in the headline.

1) Restating unfortunate event followed by

Jakarta: A fire erupted at an illegal oil well site in
casualty
Indonesia's northernmost province on
- killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40
Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and
injuring about 40 others, some of whom were others, some of whom were badly burnt ...

badly burnt, authorities said. 2) Restating the time (in an activity he was doing)
 - on Wednesday ...
3) Starting with an information from authorities
- some of whom were badly burnt, authorities
said.

The Structure of the Events in Details

The section of ‘Events in Details’ elaborates the facts stated in the Newsworthy Events by providing necessary
and additional details.

Elaborating the Newsworthy Event

Events in Details
III. providing more details about the facts stated in the
(The following paragraph) Newsworthy Event

Elaborating the incident

The fire broke out around 1.30am at a backyard
well in a village in Aceh province, on the 1. the beginning of the incident
northern tip of Sumatra Island, according to the The fire broke out around 1.30am at a backyard well
National Disaster Management Agency. in a village
Authorities were still trying to determine what
had caused the fire. Local news reports said it
may have started with a spark from a blowtorch
or a worker smoking a cigarette.
2. The cause of the fire
Television news footage and photos showed
It said it may have started with a spark from a
flames rising at least 10 metres into the air in the
blowtorch or a worker smoking a cigarette.
farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh
district, which is about 1600 kilometres north-
west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Villagers had gathered at the well shortly after
3. The Description of fire
midnight, carrying buckets, jars and barrels, in
hopes of collecting crude oil after being told flames rising at least 10 metres into the air in the
about a massive spill there, according to the farming village of Pasir Putih in East Aceh district
disaster agency.
"A group of people came to gather up oil and
they weren't supposed to be there," the disaster 4. The effect of the incident
agency said in a statement. Villagers had gathered at the well shortly after
At least five homes were gutted by the fire, the midnight, carrying buckets, jars and barrels, in hopes
agency said. Firefighters and other emergency of collecting crude oil
personnel, along with villagers, were still trying
to contain the blaze on Wednesday evening.
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources and the state-owned oil company
Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has
industrial oil and gas operations, to investigate
the incident, said Agung Pribadi, a ministry
spokesman.
5. The loss of the fire
"This is a case of illegal drilling and the ones
responsible for it must be dealt with by the law," five homes were gutted by the fire,
he said.
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.
Lieutenant Colonel Wahyu Kuncoro, chief of the 6. The response of authorities
East Aceh district police, told reporters at the
scene that firefighters were trying to "break the Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral
chain of oxygen" in the well to stop the fire. He Resources and the state-owned oil company
confirmed the well operation was illegal, but he Pertamina sent teams to Aceh, which has industrial
said many villagers depended on it for their oil and gas operations, to investigate the incident
livelihood.
Illegal well operations are common in
Indonesian regions where oil is present,
including on the islands of Sumatra and Java. In 7. The additional information
some cases, the wells were abandoned by the
the well operation was illegal, many villagers
Dutch colonial administration that once ruled
depended on it for their livelihood
Indonesia, and are now run by groups of
villagers working around the clock.
"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 Mangantantar
Marpaung, former chief of the Indonesian Mining
Fire and Rescue Agency.
"Then they sell it as kerosene to the local
market, or for motorcycles and fishing boats," he
said. "Those are their customers. The local 8. The historical relationship
governments know, but because they can't
. In some cases, the wells were abandoned by the
provide any other jobs, they look the other way."
Dutch colonial administration that once ruled
. Indonesia,
 9. The chronologies of the fire erupted
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,"

10. The reason why the villagers takes the oil

The local governments know, but because they can't
provide any other jobs, they look the other way."
.

IV News Agent’s Initials Closing the news with the news agent’s initials
1) the owner of the copy right of the news report
.
— New York Times

Text 2
Now, you will analyze the TEXT STRUCTURES of the two news reports.
The Structure of the Headline

PARTS OF NEWS FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS

I. Headline Summarizing the event in a telegraphic text

3) The Perpetrators
Elephant poachers arrested in Malaysia
- Elephant poachers
4) The important event
- arrested
5) The time and location (an activity)
- Malaysia
The Structure of the Newsworthy Event
Now, have a close look at the structure of the section of the Newsworthy Event.

Summarizing the event

Newsworthy Event Restating the headline in a normal sentence or
II.
(The first paragraph) sentences, with more information added to the facts
stated in the headline.

1) Restating the subject with further details

MALAYSIA: Four heavily armed poachers who
Four heavily armed poachers
targetted wild elephants in Malaysia have been
caught, officials said Tuesday, the second such 2) Adding the time of the event reported
arrest in less than two years. Tuesday

3) Starting with the name of the location of

coverage:

Malaysia

4) The source of news

Officials

The Structure of the Events in Details

The section of ‘Events in Details’ elaborates the facts stated in the Newsworthy Events by providing necessary
and additional details.

Elaborating the Newsworthy Event

Events in Details
III. providing more details about the facts stated in the
(The following paragraph) Newsworthy Event
 Elaborates the arrest
Wildlife officials said the gang caught near the
· The evidence goods deer antlers, tiger bones and
town of Gerik in the nothern Malaysian state of
an elephant shot dead
Perak was found with deer antlers and
suspected tiger bones. · weapons including rifles and homemade shotguns
· Gerik town and forest
A joint police and wildlife department
investigation also led the agents to find an
elephant shot dead by the poachers in a nearby The source of news

forest with its tusks ripped out.
“This crew is notorious. They hunt elephants,”
wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul
Hashim told AFP.
“There are maybe two more [poaching] groups
[in the area]. We are working together with the
· Wildlife department chief Abdul Kadir Abdul
Hashim
The additional information of the subject
· the gang – all locals –has been operating since
2009 in the nearby state of Kelantan.

police on this.” The next arrest

The place
A police statement said weapons including rifles
and homemade shotguns as well as animal · In Kelantan
snares were found after they arrested thhe The Time
gang. · a year after first arrest

The elephant’s tusks were not found, with a

wildlife official believing that they were already The evidence goods
sold. · explosives, guns and parts of tusks

He added that the gang – all locals – were

believed to have been operating since 2009,
and were also active in the nearby state of
Kelantan.

The arrests come a year after a seven-man

gang was arrested in Kelantan, with explosives,
guns and parts of tusks seized.. – AFP
IV . News Agent’s Initials Closing the news with the news agent’s initials
.
1) the owner of the copy right of the news report
— AFP