domingo, 31 de mayo de 2009

Styles Upon Styles: Informative Articles

As I read the articles I found out that there are different styles in the same kind of informative articles. When I read "Heeeere's...Conan!!! I found out how the author used the title to make emphasis on how known this phrase is thanks to the huge amount of programs Conan has made. The style of this article does the emphasis on how Conan has lived his tv career. I also see the inverted pyramid technique used in this article since first the author gives the big picture of what the article is going to be about and then he starts giving out some details about Conan and his present. The article first talks about the show, and how Conan presents his show. The article ends up showing how Conan and all his crew will move to record the show in a different location than they currently are. The article not only says this but is most concentrated in showing how Conan is so popular, his road to becoming this popular, and his live in the television media. The next article, I found they used also the inverted pyramid technique. They describe the town of Mcallen, Texas, a sunday morning and then they give out the most important piece that will be the topic of the article. How they have the "lowest household income in the country" also has  " one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country." The article shows the big gap that there is in this town. It is not easy to think of the extremes that this town faces. They are a very poor town, one of the most poor in the country but their health care is the most expensive in the country. I found this article similar to one of the documentaries of Michael Moore Fahrenheit 911. In his documentary Moore shows some of the unbelievable things that happened in Bush's presidency. He uses satire and sarcasm to show his feelings towards Bush making him seem as if he had not done anything. In this article they also use satire as to show the big contrast that there is in the town. Were people cant pay for health care and it is the most expensive in the country. The last article is about a graffiti artist, JA, who lives in New York. I found the style of this article similar to the kind of narrations of Pirry , a colombian journalist that narrates urban problems in Colombia and other problems in the world. We first see the history of Graffiti and its influences in the streets of New York. Then we meet JA, the character in the article which we learn about. We see how he thinks about Graffiti and we get some of his ideas of what live is. It is kind of an urban story that shows the graffiti society in the streets through the eyes of JA. After reading these three articles I learned that there are many ways of writing and article and using different styles in order to make your ideas stronger is the best way to write. Although the three articles are informative they all use different styles. These styles depend on how the author wants to pass his ideas to the public.

1 comentario:

  1. These were a feature articles!

    Exscept Pirry always plays to didacticism.

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