Analysis of Online Article

Student Name LING 305W hurtle 1 Final Draft Handout 23 February 2012 Genre epitome of the Online Article, Superfoods Everyone Needs Genre online article Author Susan Seliger Target Audience diverseness of ages healthy people, healthy cooks, people who want to ware split up, people with illnesses, diseases, or other health ailments Article Title Superfoods Everyone Needs Source www. webmd. com view February 2007 Authors claim A healthy diet incorporating a variety of superfoods leave help you maintain your weight, fight disease, and live longer. (para. 4) My summary tool COLFV model, which stands for five elementscontent, organization, language, tenorat, and values Blueberriesone of the superfoods Seliger describes. Source www. sciencedaily. com My claim using the COLFV model to analyze the genre of this informative online article, I find that Seliger effectively uses organization, language, and values however, the content and format of the text could be improved. CONTENT bluster 1 Percentages * In reference to the outside source, Elizabeth Somer, Seliger includes percentages. Id regularize about 50%-70% of suffering could be eliminated by what people eat and how they move heart disease, diabetes, tincer, hypertension can all be impacted. (para. 3) * By including these percentages, the reviewer can easily refer to them in the text. * Percentages make the chit-chat more tangible. Feature 2 Comparisons * The indite canvasss age with calcium take aims for adults (para. 12). For example, the causation includes Age 9-18 1300mg age 19-50 1000mg age 51 and over 1200mg, in fume point format on separate lines. These comparisons by age and level of calcium help readers find which level fits them. * These comparisons are important, however, the ages are curb to adults. Albeit the first group includes children from ages 9-18, it can be useful for readers to be sure about the levels for younger children. ORGANIZATION Feature 1 Classification * S eliger classifies from each one highlighted superfood in the subheadings. For example, blueberries are the antioxident superfood (above para. 5) whereas tea lowers cholesterol and inhibits cancer (above para. 1). * These classifications help break up the beneficial properties of each superfood. Feature 2 Expansion * Describing the preferred form of beans to purchase for the superfood, fiber, Seliger cites Dr. Ann Kulze (para. 10). Kulze expands beyond the dried, fresh and frozen form of beans by mentioning that consumers should soften to avoid canned beans as they contain high amounts of sodium usually. words Feature 1 Informal * The author uses vocabulary like make believe what? (para. 1) and yummiest (above para. 3). * Seliger does a great business organisation of connecting to her more general audience by using informal vocabulary. This shows readers that an expert, like Seliger, is more similar to them. Feature 2 Acronyms * ECGC is described as a powerful antioxident by the author (para. 11). * Including acronyms can help reduce reading time for readers. * This particular acronym is not delineate by each of its letters. This leaves members of the buttocks audience to search for its definition or to overlook it. FORMAT Feature 1 Subheadings Soy Superfood to Lower cholesterin (above para. 9) and Calcium (above para. 12) are two of the subheadings used by Seliger. * Subheadings nicely perish the reader to the specific content. Specifically, each superfood receives its own section with a subheading and a dissever description. Feature 2 Bullet points * Fourteen items (superfoods) aft(prenominal) the fourth para interpret and the comparisons by age after the twelfth paragraph receive their own lines with bullet points. * Bullet points help a reader quickly and easily follow emphasized text. Seliger does a great job of including the fourteen superfoods with bullet points as it resembles a shopping list. In fact, a reader could potentially print th is portion of the article and refer to the bulleted items as a shopping list at the supermarket. * The comparisons could be enhanced for better reader interpretation if the content were inserted into a table or graph rather than in bullet points. The reader could refer to a optical such as a table more easily and compare each age group side-by-side. VALUES Feature 1 The author and the target audience share the same interest in dandy health. A healthy diet incorporating a variety of the following superfoods will help you maintain your weight, fight disease, and live longer. (para. 4) * For the readers (as described in the target audience on page one of this handout), this line directly connects the values of eating superfoods. Feature 2 The author and the audience share the same intellectual that health can be improved. * The author refers to Somer in regards to an spare benefit of Omega 3s being a depression reducer (para. 7). * For the target audience, additional benefits s upport Seligers plea to eat superfoods. Reference Seliger, Susan.