Read the following text and answer the question!
Tempo Interactive, Jakarta: The spreading of Lapindo hot mudflow post-explosion of Pertamina's gas pipe forced the residents of Kedungbendo and Renokenongo village to evacuate. The mudflows also flooded half of the Tanggulangin Anggun Sejahtera housing complex in Sidoarjo. Mudflow of more than half a meter in depth flooded 6,048 houses in this complex.
Government officials appeared to be busy preparing mass kitchens and supplying rice, instant noodles, cooking oil and other needs. "We took the food from Sidoarjo Social Service Emergency responses stock," said Syaiful. "There hasn't been any aid provided yet by Lapindo" In the mean time, the National Team for Mudflow Relief in Sidoarjo has not been able to block mudflows in the area of the gas pipe explosion on Wednesday (22/11).
Which is the newsworthy of the text?
N. Puspita
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Pertanyaan soal di atas adalah bagian mana yang dinamakan "the newsworthy" / main event pada teks tersebut.
Teks di atas merupakan contoh teks News Item yang mana berisi tentang peristiwa/kejadian sehari-hari yang dianggap penting dan layak untuk diberitakan kepada pembaca. Struktur umum (generic structure) News Item terdiri dari:
Newsworthy Event atau bisa disebut dengan main event merupakan kejadian inti dari teks yang diberitakan yang biasanya ditulis dalam bentuk ringkasan.
Jawabannya dapat kita temukan pada kalimat pertama pada paragraf pertama, yaitu "Tempo Interactive, Jakarta: The spreading of Lapindo hot mudflow post-explosion of Pertamina's gas pipe forced the residents of Kedungbendo and Renokenongo village to evacuate."
Kalimat pertama pada paragraf pertama menjelaskan inti berita atau berita utama, yaitu menginformasikan bahwa "merebaknya semburan lumpur panas Lapindo pasca ledakan pipa gas Pertamina memaksa warga Desa Kedungbendo dan Renokenongo mengungsi."
Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah "The newsworthy of the text is on the first paragraph in which sentence "The spreading of Lapindo hot mudflow post-explosion of Pertamina's gas pipe forced the residents of Kedungbendo and Renokenongo village to evacuate."
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