To briefly summarize this article would be that, she is saying that preschool is essential for a kid to grow and develop. Preschool helps kids grow a better vocabulary and betters them for the future of their schooling.
The
line and/ or lines that I think were the best written would be when she says "At an art table,
Ashlyn arranges and rearranges handfuls of brightly colored feathers.”I'm going
to make a collage of a parrot," she says, cheerfully unaware that collage isn't really a 5-year-old word." This, to me is the best
written line because it shows a little 5- year old, using a word such as collage in
her vocabulary, when a normal 5-year old would most likely never use this word
for a group of things together. Also in this line I noticed low or informal
diction, the diction or word choice in this line isn't really elevated at all.
The syntax that I noticed would be that the sentence length is very long and
doesn’t use much punctuation.
The
writing style of Krista Ramsey would be a mixture of long, fact-filled sentences/paragraphs,
short but effective sentences, and medium lengthened sentences. Some examples
would be when it says “The result?” in
her first column, this leaves you thinking, simple but effective. In her second
column it says “Probably half the population
sees this as a problem and the other half, a blessing.” This sentence isn’t
really long or short but it still is effective in proving her point. In the
article I found it says “If preschool was
optional for your kids, then maybe it's optional for them. But if it was
essential for your kids – if you watched it transform their lives and wouldn't
have done without it – how can it be denied to children with so few resources,
children who need it so desperately?” This is an example of an
effective and informational paragraph by Ramsey.
Questions:
1. How do you put together
your columns so that they are effective?
2. Is writing a column
easier or harder than writing something like a book or newspaper article?
3. How long does it take you
to get all your information for a column?
Hyperlink:
