Structure and Language Characteristics In news item text, there are three parts of the linguistic structure, namely: 1. Main event This section is also known as newsworthy event. This section is the part that tells or contains news about the main event or event which is usually written in the form of a summary (summary). 2. Background events The part which is often referred to as Elaboration is the part that tells the background of the event or incident, who was involved and the location of the incident. 3. Source The last part is the source, which tells about comments, witnesses to events, expert opinions, and so on regarding the events or events that are reported. In each type of text in English there are linguistic characteristics that can distinguish it from other types of text. The most prominent feature of news item text is its short and concise language. The following are the linguistic characteristics of other text news items: – Brief i...