Rachel Pieree RC 2001 September 2, 2015 pad SARINGL NA 10 Torsingn oe LAIIACS cbhApari ng nit A ‘The two articles being compared are Ai rimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Basics and ‘Running exercise delays neuradegeneration in amygdala and hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease (APP/PS1) transgenic mice. They both discuss topics regarding Alzheimer’s, but the fi o one is much more basic and easy to understand, where as the second one definitely requires to ia in'* knowledge in the field in order to understand. They are somewhat similar in the topics they (expt nar Kinde cf techniques #x! discuss, but they both utilize different rhetorical techniques to convey their point. The first article I read was called About Alsheimer’s Disease: Alzheimer’s Basics. I-just explained the basic concepts of the disease and what it is and how it affects people and their brains. Throughout the article, I found it very easy to follow and understand, andl'very formal and impersonal. 11 was clear that the purpose of the article was to inform the general public about the disease, as it was found ona website that consisted of current topics in psychology. I was surprised at how casy it was to understand what the article was saying how well it conveyed the point without using an abundance of jargon that the average person would not understand. While reading the article, | made sure to pay carefial attention to what adjectives, ifany, they used to describe the disease. And throughout the entire article 1 only counted the one, pa use of the word devastating. Which of course is true, but | found it interesting that the author(s) ote aes ‘vocabulary to help the reader better understand the full capacity of the disease. Se I found it almost impressive that the author was able to fully explain in detail what Alzheimer’s is, how itaffects people and bow the rate of deaths from Alzheimer’s is increasing very rapidly without ip logs ps including any emotion, So with thal being said, it is clear the author focused mainly on uiiizing |} iva? Jogos, not pathos. eps ‘The purpose of this article was probably to satisfy the exigency of the average population 2)" not being very well versed when it comes to Alzhelmer’s disease and how it alfosts poople. Even doctors and researchers de not know everything there is to know about this disease, so of course the general public knows even less. But with an increasing death rate fom Alzheimer's, due to the aging population, there nceds to be a more common knowledge of the disease and what kind ‘of prevemtative measures there are that can be taken and what type of symptoms to know to look Jor in order to catch them sooner and begin treatment. ‘The visuals in the article were not really very good; the article itself only included one picture of a brain. This could be an example of Jogos; the author decided to not include many ilfusteations to better help the reader focus on the facts of the reading and not evoke any emotions with pictures, However, it did include a link to a short animated video that beter explained the process of Alzheimer's and what exactly it does to the brain itself, It was very clear and casy to follow, and in my opinion, very helpful. The ‘organization of the article made it very easy o read and follow. It was divided up into seetions ie. ‘by questions that are common about the disease. \NIYA, ELT QRS Bistnt vonven ON AON {un 5 Ove hoe ni wae flat oti et Rc gy {nfimidating to a reader. There was no medical jargon that the average person would not understand, and it was very casy to follow and understand the purpose of the article. The author did an cxccllent job of excluded any emotions in an effort to persuade the reader, il was completely factual, So, in my opinion, this article was very effective for its intended purpose.yout The second article I read was called Running exercise delays neurodegeneration in pianples + amygdala and hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease (APP/PSI) transgenic mice, It was pon benj pact, significantly hardcr to follow and understand and it took me a very long time to getthrough it) cota boedaoled © because I had to stop and look up the things I was reading about. It was full of medical and Gem} 749 fo ph seientific jargon that I have never heard of before. Clearly. il was not an article meant for the." average population, sines most people do not have a backeround and are not familiar with neuredesrncaton andthe different pat of the ruin ht Alehsimes's fs twas mean for a tbe cotildt cacce pony ok coach ccd ce gece to Ia the required knowledge to comprehend this reading and it be useful to them. ‘This axtcle also did not use any emotional adjectives, but that was not expected for this type of material anyway. It was very formal and very impersonal, and talked only about the rescarch for that particular experiment it did not give any background infoernatfon on the disease. It was implied that anyone reading that article would already have knowledge of the information and would be reading il or a certain purpose, nat just for leisure ar out of curiosity In this article, no pathos was used: it was mostly just logos. There was also some ethos because the author seemed very knowledgcable inthe field and had many citations of other creditable sources. The exigency of this piece was to address the research and the experiment that had been conducted, and results that were found. It was the opposite of the other article where the main purposc was to inform the public of a iseaxe and sympioms they should look for. This article was not meant to be informative to just anyone, only those whe have the knowledge to understand and utilize the information. ‘The visuals in this article were excellent. There were several different types of graphs to support the research they had dene, and other images of the work as well. They are all very welllabeled, but once again even the wording in the Jabels on the graphs are hard to understand if the eader has no existing knowledge prior to reading, [he organization was also very good. The |). Je cop) ; i f article was broken up into numbered sections that followed and corresponded with the 6° Chu gic ‘experiment and the steps that were taken| Overall, this article was much more difficult to understand and somewhat intimidating to a reader who has no knowledge of the vocabulary and pote concepts that are being used, However, the purpose of the article was satisfied because it is nol mmcant for the general public; it was written to document and discuss an experiment within ‘that to further the research of the disease. Both of the articles succeeded in their imended purpose. Although the second article was significantly harder to read and understand, it would not have been so for its intended discourse ‘community. It laid out all the facts of the research very clearly, and discussed the findings and a conclusions very well{It did exactly what that particular community would need if to do. As di ‘the first article I diseussed\ye ‘was very well organized with all the facts that one might need to know about the discase, it was just intended for a different community. The author clearly had a ‘very good understanding thal ‘intended discourse commumity would not have the knowledge and vocabulary that a scientist or researcher would know, and therefore constructed it to fit the needs of that community. Both articles fit their discourse communities very well, and satisfy the ‘purpose they were needed for. { thauh! yaw ef5e4 Wad ee te wah fen qth. Ve j a yory ta to vend > sade yane polls we Te Wuls J lene, Cone! whey. | I Ph in Ow 7 f A ¢ cca Pes é fe w Lb ; de fe 5 ld vite se Hong DL wane LePaitely ae dt gil hong Cameng AE