Krista Ramsey Intro Activity

I choose the column Locking into the Magic of Legos http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/15/krista-locking-into-the-magic-of-legos/5521245/

            This column is about children and their Lego habits. The column also goes into detail on how Legos are beneficial to children and their intelligence. The children also learn to be creative and determined by building what is on the instructions or by building freestyle.

In this column the line I think is best written is “Legos let them claim the two things adults don't even realize they need: space and silence.” This line impacts the reader because the diction of the passage is very informal and concrete. Therefore if the reader was a child or an adult this passage might be very persuading to them to get Legos. The syntax of the line was at the end where she used a colon, this was to list off things a child needs and what they could potentially have with Legos.  

The style of this column is casual. I know that her column is casual because she relates to everyday life also she does not use that much elevated diction or any sentence structures. In one of her sentences she states, “Then feet will pad up the basement stairs to show parents what's been created. And they'll pad right back down to tear it apart and move on to freestyle.” I know this line is casual because she is talking about everyday life, the days that the kid gets a new Lego set and he/she rushes upstairs to show his/her parents.

Questions

·      Have you had any experiences of Legos in your childhood?

·      How did your writing style come to be with your writing style?

·      Where do you get your ideas for your writing topics?