C.E # 7

 Current Event 7

Title: Upfront

Author: John D’Amico, Alex Koroknay-Palicz

Source: The New York Times

The topic of the article is: Driving age

The main idea of the article is: Should the driving age be raised to 18 years old.

The authors purpose for writing this article is to inform us about some people who are debating whether if kids should drive at the age of 18 instead of 16 which leaves space for opinions to be said by some people.

The authors perspective in this article is objective (biased) because he does not go on one specific side of the argument he actually supports both sides by giving detail and as much information for both sides of the topic to be very specific.

The pattern of organization of this article is compare and contrast because he introduces the topic and gives details that would support it including other people who support it as well and then gives opposing facts for the other side of the argument by supporting it with many facts and details to show both sides of the argument.

The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is to help the reader understand the topic of the article because he can compare and contrast the problem of being 16 years old and driving and also he introduces the benefits of both sides which lets the reader pick one side or the other.

The text features included in the article are: different ink color emphasizing the topic of the sentence, quotes showing what people have said and lastly a red color ink showing the title of the article big and fat, another text feature is a subheading  which is under the title and that helps the reader by finding what the story will be about and also introduces the main idea without even reading the story yet.

This article is about people who are debating whether the driving age should be raise to 18 years old  from 16 years old and the author supports both sides by giving pros and cons to help the reader feel which side of the argument is better. 

The significance of the article is how the author the author gave detailed information supporting both sides so it shows the reader which they think is better and a smarter choice to make.

What I learned from this article is that their was a statistic showing that 77 percent of people who die in a accident are men. I think that was a surprising fact to me because I a man and I would not think of that at all. 

What I liked about the article is how the author supported both sides of the article by giving some important information relevant to the fact that you should only drive from age 18 or age 16 they had all good facts supporting each detail and also showing why at what age should teenagers drive at.

What I did not like about it was how the author put the names of the people who supported each topic I do not think that was a smart thing to do because people can criticize them for many reasons and can harm them personally inside or outside all together.

Who should read this article are parents who care about their children that when they get their driver license their parents shouldn’t always be worried and asking themselves questions about their children's safety.

This article reminds me of myself because it is for my safety when I get to the age where I will want to drive this can effect me a lot because I can drive by the age of 16 or 18 which is a lot it is a two year difference.

This article does not remind me of any book because  the article is very short and it is hard to relate it to a big book.

This article remind me of the world because it is part of the world big problems because it can result in two ways bad or good the bad part could be you can get into an accident at the age of 16 and you can die, the good part is you don’t have to tell your parent to take you everywhere if you have your drivers license you take yourself to places if you have a car and you are responsible enough.

                                            

                                         Vocabulary

              word                  context clues                       meaning

1. mobility                                cars                        people who have cars.
2. necessary                         for , in oder                   important thing.
3. convenience                  doing, right thing             support by doing right  things.