Taylor
Johnson
Levels of
Analysis
First
article: Senate president questions Oregon- only bridge plan.
The article
is focused first about the Oregon Senate President not willing to build a
bridge over the Columbia River without the support of Washington State. It then
progresses to only building half a bridge, and how there is no way possible to
build a bridge to another state. It is focused on this topic because it affects
both states, and the people who live there.
People
should care about this because like I said above it affects everyone, not only
the money, but all the construction and time and effort this project would
cost.
The article didn’t end in a way that answered
all the questions. It never stated if it happened, or what happened after this
proposal.
They might
choose to build the bridge they might not. If so, it wasn’t clearly answered at
the end nor stated. The article just ended at a point where they might have to
do it alone. It still left questions unanswered.
The big
questions are answered in the middle to upper portion of the article stating
the costs, and why Oregon is against building the bridge. All the facts and
important information is at the very beginning due to that fact that they want
to keep the reader interested in the story, and wants them to keep reading.
The quotes
are in the beginning and at the end of the article.
The
sentences are long; however, they are not complex due to the fact that it gives
the most important information in the beginning of the article and the least
important information at the end.
The names of
people and the organization are in the beginning, the verbs and tenses are in
the middle, and the time elements are at the end.
I would say
they are straightforward in the beginning because they want people to read it;
however, at the end it was unclear about what the next move was.
They never
stated or gave clear examples of any words.
There are
not many commas; however, they are two short pauses in the article. This means
that the next line of words is very important.
They use a
lot of attributions because they are stating what the Oregon president is
saying and wants to do. In this article, they use people’s names a lot which is
very important.
Second
article: Alzheimer’s example
The article
is focused on the fact that they have been trying to find a cure for
Alzheimer’s for decades. This is important to the people because it’s very
relevant to people’s daily lives or knows someone who has had this horrible
disease. It progresses from there when
it states that they have uncovered a trigger for the disease.
People
should care about this because it affects a lot of people, and they should care
about how to prevent it.
They did not
answer a lot of questions at all. It is very unclear, and doesn’t give good
information. It states that Copper could prevent it, but Copper is found in
everything and we can’t stay away from it. So basically, this story is going
around in circles not answering the questions that people want to know about.
Hopefully
next, they will find a cure or new study that will actually help prevent it and
let people know. It is not covered well, and is too short to answer anything.
The big
questions are answered in the second paragraph when stating that the mineral
copper could prevent toxins from leaving the brain. This is relevant because it
is stating that from a new study they found new information that could prevent
the disease.
Since there
are no quotes in this article, a good idea would to find someone who has
experienced this disease or a family member who has known someone with this
disease, and have them say their thoughts, and if the new study helped their
case.
The
sentences are very short, because it is broadcast they shouldn’t be long, they
should be to the point, and short.
