The Strengths And Weakness Of A Dog's Brain

Dogs are more like humans than scientists believed, and new research shows the similarities between then. The authors have different purposes in each of their articles, and the texts are also structured somewhat differently from each of the news reports. Both of the news articles have strengths and weaknesses throughout their stories. Before new research was presented, scientists believed that dog’s brains were not very alike to human’s brains. The new research studies provide evidence about the similarities dogs have to humans. The first article is from Newsela: “Study Shows Dogs and Humans Are More Alike than Was Previously Thought" is about how dogs react to human’s words and how. The report says, “...dogs understand both the meaning …show more content…
The author’s purpose in this report is to provide evidence of how humans and dog’s brains are alike. This is clear, based on the research the first article gave. The text structure is description. This is true because the report is full of details, examples, and research; it also uses words and phrases like: such as, so, put simply, but, meanwhile, and more. A strength in this article is that it has research and examples from people at different universities. A weakness of this article is that it does not always give examples for a new topic that it talks about. The first article has provided great examples for a reader to learn more about dogs and their similarities to a human’s …show more content…
The author’s purpose in this report is to show that studies have provided evidence that a dog’s brain is similar to a human’s. This is true because of the evidence in the article. The text structure is description, which is similar to the first article. This is clear b based on the details, research, and evidence provided throughout the report. There are also signal words and phrases like: for instance, meanwhile, however, so, in other words, such as, and more. A strength in this article is that it has lots of research shown in the study to prove its points and lots of examples. A weakness found in this article is that it does not always go in depth when it has new research to explain a thought. This article was very useful to a reader because it had lots of evidence to support its findings and lots of great examples as well. This was a convenient and reliable source to learn about the similarities to a human’s and a dog’s brains along with learning about the science behind