Krista Ramsey- "Locking into the Magic of Legos"

     In this column Ramsey talks about the benefits of their kids playing with Legos, how it can improve spatial and 3 Dimensional relationships.

     Link To Lego Article
     The line that I found was the best and summarized the article the best was "Like sparklers and hugs, Legos are things a child can never have enough of." This line is near the beginning of the article and helps foreshadow the rest of the article. It also shows the tone of which Ramsey view Lego's. She thinks that Lego's are helpful and shows a positive tone. We know that Ramsey is using  a positive tone with this important line because of her diction and syntax. The diction in this line is more informal using no challenging words. This shows a more casual thought towards Lego's. The syntax is a long sentence and uses a comparison to show a point. The words "sparklers" and "hugs" help us identify it is a positive tone because all humans correlate a hug and sparkler as times of happiness.

    Ramsey's style of writing is long sentences that are informal and are about health and lifestyle. We know Ramsey talks about lifestyle because of her titles; "For better vision, kids need time outdoors", "Super Bowl QBs score points for great style", and "Locking into the Magic of Lego's." These all talk about the lifestyle or health of a human life. This is what Ramsey is comfortable with and therefore writes about it. We can tell Ramsey likes to write long sentences because of her syntax, "After watching New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick slouch off the field in his cutoff hoodie, it’s been heartening to see players like Wilson show up perfectly groomed for a post-game interview." This line is in the Super Bowl article and is a rather long sentence. This style is practiced throughout the piece and shows how Ramsey leans to long sentences. Whilst using long sentences, like most columnist Ramsey likes to use informal diction to portray an easy and reader friendly column. For instance in the Lego article, "Many have been waiting with their parents for as long as two hours." Or in the vision article, "Whatever the factors behind the finding – perhaps the benefits of sunlight versus indoor lighting, the influence of vitamin D, the visual benefit of viewing objects at a distance outdoors, a reduction in visual stress – it’s left Zadnik, associate dean of Ohio State University’s College of Optometry, believing “there’s something magical about the out-of-doors.”" These rather long sentences show without them that they use a simpler diction and word choice. This quote also shows the style that Ramsey likes to use, form opinion then state why she thinks that with a quote or fact. This is shown through some of her more opinionated pieces.