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Considering Delivery and
Style:
The first link that I have
listed is the URL for the newspaper article that I found on the New York Times
website. The newspaper article is mainly about climate change due to the amount
of water being used by trees in certain forests across the globe. Scientists
are predicting that the Earth’s profound carbon dioxide levels are reducing the
amount of water that trees need to survive. This can have serious implications
on the water cycle because the, “…immense
volume of water that trees pull out of the ground winds up in the atmosphere”
(Gillis).
Contrasting the newspaper article, I
found another article on the Gale Database about a forestry study done in
Australia. It mainly describes the different organizations and money used to
manage the trees there. The article also makes specific reference to the
researcher’s experience in commercial forest
management in Queensland. He relates most of the changes that he observed, due
to a forestry plantation that was sold and had business pick up after being
purchased. In general, the transition of ownership increased the amount of
timber that was being consumed by the planation.
In reference to R.A.I.D.S, I found that
the newspaper article was very easy to follow. The terminology was
understandable and the article remained interesting rather than strictly
informative. I think that was the key factor in determining the style of this
piece, it kept my attention. It didn’t become to specific and it was apparent,
to me, that this was designated for an audience that was curious about climate
change or global warming.
On the other hand, the forestry study was
a little more challenging to understand. It took my awhile to interpret the
information that the author was trying to relay. I feel like his delivery was
intended for an audience with a higher knowledge of forestry and progression in
the job field. I feel like to fully relate to this person’s text, someone would
have to have had a similar study. The tone was very professional and the
purpose for this article was completely informative.
Works
Cited:
Gillis, Justin. “Some Trees Use Less Water Amid Rising Carbon Dioxide, Paper Says.” New
York Times. New York Times, 10 Jul. 2013. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Walker, Stephen.
"Forestry: a climate of change in Queensland." Australian Forestry
73.3 (2010): 137+. Academic OneFile. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.
Hey Jack, pretty good post overall. I feel like you could've expanded more on the type of style and who the audience was supposed to be for each article. Other than that you did a nice job explaining the material of both the articles and the differences between them.
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Thanks for the feedback Anthony. I think you're right saying that I could've used more specific examples about style to show the audiences in each post. There was a lot of "scholarly" style in the professional article compared to the "interesting" approach that the newspaper writer used.
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