Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Krista Ramsey article response

During this week, I was to read two articles written by the journalist, Krista Ramsey. They were two completely different articles, but both with important messages.  The first article was about how kids are becoming nearsighted, and the cause may be because of flat screen devices. The second article is how major-league football players should wear formal attire when attending important events. Here is a link to the URL: http://www.cincinnati.com/search/krista%20ramsey/

I could not find either of the articles on this website, but I have the stories in a packet on paper. In my opinion, the best written line out of the two articles was from For better vision, kids need time outdoors. "When you use less and less of the peripheral retinal cells, less and less signal gets to the brain from that area and it gets less strong or goes away. So there may be more brain processing power dedicated to a task like watching a computer screen - but it may come at the cost of peripheral vision"

This quote is not only a good length, but it has great sentence structure and vocabulary. These are great elements of syntax and diction. In addition, considering this is a quote, it is especially important, because the one who is saying this quote utilizes good syntax and diction in their speech. It is also not only informative, but also re enforces the emphasis of the importance of the subject in the article.

Based on reading all 3 columns, Krista Ramsey has a very unique and distinctive writing technique. She is a very intricate writer and clearly puts much thought and effort into her articles. If I had the opportunity to ask her a few questions based on her writing, I would have to ask, "what influences you to write articles about the subjects you have been recently making articles about?" or perhaps I could ask a question such as "where do you find your resources when you gather quotes?" lastly, I would have to ask her, "what kind of things do you enjoy writing about?" because no one likes documenting boring things.



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