Footprint Fossils Offer Earliest Evidence of Dinosaurs’ Ancestors
By Kenneth Chang
This essay is about the find of new dinosaur fossils, or more of footprints. All thought no actual bones have been found the scientists are optimistic, this optimism seems to have rubbed off on the author and his choice of tone. All thought any finding of fossils is exiting, what is special about these fossils is that they are older then any other fossils we have on record. These footprints where found in a quarry in Poland and these foots print are able to trace the lineage of dinosaurs.
When reading this article I wasn’t surprised to find the tone that Kenneth Chang adopted was a formal one. Since it is an essay it should be formal, or at least in my opinion. By keeping it formal the author gains credibility. The first way Mr. Chang accomplishes this is by always staying in 3rdperson, he never slips down into the other two, which makes for a smooth consistent essay. The tone he uses also seems very informative and somewhat exited by the findings in this article, which any one interested in fossils would be exited because they had just found fossil older then any they had ever seen. By keeping this interested tone, it helps engage and interest the reader, but he doesn’t get overly exited or else it might make the reader warily. Because when someone is overly exited, we begging to wonder if something is wrong with them, or there trying to sell something. By keeper a formal, professional tone it helps make the readers trust him, it makes us believe that he knows what hes taking about, which he mostly likely does. But by also keeping the excitement it helps us from falling asleep, there is a thin line for interested and engaged to warily and unsure for any reader. Although this author is able to walk the line fairly well. By keeping such a consistent and formal tone, that remains in third person it seems to me that is piece would work for an Ap Exam.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07dinosaurs.html?ref=science
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