This particular article caught by attention because
California’s drought has been a problem for my father. He works for IKEA as a
project manager, so he is in charge of building stores across the country. As
of now his project is in Burbank, California which is affected by this drought
as much as the rest of the state is. So when reading this article, good news
was brought to my attention. According to Mike McPhate, an editor for the New
York Times, California has been hit by a major drought for the past 4 years
causing a world of problems. Luckily, thanks to El Nino, a warming in the
Pacific Ocean that affects the rest of the world, California is getting some
water back. Starting last Sunday, California has been met with many major
storms bringing above average rainfall to the whole state. Over the next week,
the whole state is suppose to get over an inch of rain and there is suppose to
be over a foot of snow in the mountains which is essential for the state. Brought with all this
are flooding and very rough ocean currents, but according to quotes from the
article, the people of California are just happy to have the weather somewhat
reverse the effects of the drought.
McPhate’s purpose in writing this
article is to not only inform the nation of this good news, but to also give
the people some hope. One of the best strategies that McPhate uses to express
this is the way he delivers facts. Its not really something I notice a lot, but
McPhate tends to express his facts in his own words; so no direct
quotes are used that often. As seen in the quote, “Parts of the Sierra Nevada
mountains could get more than a foot of snow, enlarging snowpack that plays a major role in meeting the state’s
water needs as it melts in the spring” McPhates delivery allows him to express
facts in a way that isn’t boring and lets him make his article flow well. This
expression of facts really allows his purpose to be expressed well.
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