Well, this is the last of my Free Choice Blogs. It's kind of sad. Anyway, for this blog I have chosen to read a magazine article. I read from Wired magazine. If you don't already know, this magazine is a technology magazine made for more nerdy people. This is pretty much the one magazine I really enjoy. The article I read was called "Why TV Ads Drive You Mad" it was quite an interesting article (like most Wired articles are).
This article talks about how loud TV ads can be. The writer talks about how commercial are really loud compared to some SOAP you may be dozing off to. She says that there is now a law that prohibits commercials from a recommended level. She makes the point that commercials don't get louder then what a bomb would be on a show (which is about the max level), it is just about that loud the whole time.
I personally like the article. It made me smile. I never really liked commercials and now I see a main reason why. I often mute commercial just so I don't have to hear them.
I think that the author's intent was help relate to the reader with things that we all have in common. Which is a dislike for commercials. It seems like she wrote this to draw interest and hold it. She did well. I noticed the pattern of compare and contrast. She compare/contrasted the volume of a commercial to the sound of gun fire and bombs on TV shows. She also uses a little cause and effect with talking about how you could be falling asleep on the couch with the TV on, then be startled awake by a TV ad. This overall was a good article I think.
Well, that wraps up my last FCB. It's a little sad but I am glad to be done. I do like blogging and maybe I'll continue to blog after this. But, it will not be for my Reading for College Success course. Thanks for reading!
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