Levels of Analysis

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.