On September 13th, 2015, Ms. McCready published an article titled, “Why You Shouldn’t Pay Children for Grades.” This article emphasized the negative effects that students obtain while they are rewarded with money for their grades on their school assignments. Ms. McCready includes information which matches her argument throughout the entire article. “But no matter how much we want it to, money can’t buy smarts, motivation or school success,” states McCready. As the author speaks to parents of students in today’s generation, she informs the audience of examples and ways to praise a child who earns good grades. While all of her information is accurate, McCready bypasses any information that may contradict her argument, which may allow the readers to assume the author is arrogant about the subject being argued.
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McCready organizes her writing in a way that is easy for the reader to interpret and sorts the information into sections. For each paragraph, she provides a header which includes the main idea of the following paragraph. This gives the reader a general idea of the material before thoroughly reading it. She also provides the main idea in the title of the article which readers find convenient while skimming through the material. The title gives the reader a basic understanding of the article before the introduction is even read. While the organization of the article is exceptional, the sentence diction is elementary for the topic. The article is written towards adults and upper class students, so the sentence diction could be increased to provide a more professional appeal towards the audience. People are able to have more trust in authors who provide a higher level of difficulty in their writing, rather than an article written at a middle school comprehension level. If the author were to improve the syntax, the article would be close to perfect and would become a very reliable
McCready organizes her writing in a way that is easy for the reader to interpret and sorts the information into sections. For each paragraph, she provides a header which includes the main idea of the following paragraph. This gives the reader a general idea of the material before thoroughly reading it. She also provides the main idea in the title of the article which readers find convenient while skimming through the material. The title gives the reader a basic understanding of the article before the introduction is even read. While the organization of the article is exceptional, the sentence diction is elementary for the topic. The article is written towards adults and upper class students, so the sentence diction could be increased to provide a more professional appeal towards the audience. People are able to have more trust in authors who provide a higher level of difficulty in their writing, rather than an article written at a middle school comprehension level. If the author were to improve the syntax, the article would be close to perfect and would become a very reliable