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1. Title of the Article: Wanted: Mars . .
. Dead or Alive?
2. Author(s): Geoffrey A. Landis
3. Explain in two or three sentences
why you have chosen this article:
I’m interested to read this
article because first of all, the title is
interesting. What I meant by
interesting is the brought up subject
is a controversial issue and always
has been people’s attention for a
long time. And I am also curious by
the next update or the scientific basis
towards the issue.
4. Explain briefly in four or five
sentences what the article is about:
This article tells us about the
hope before the first-time-Mars-
expedition, and its relation with the
reality happened. Since then, Mars
has become the most accessable
planet and often expected to be the
Earth’s supporting/backup planet.
Yet after researches occured, the
experts find no sign of life at all, and
even the oxigent is limited.
Therefore, Mars become unsuitable
for human. But research didn’t stop
there. Until now, scientists are still
putting lot of efforts to gather datas
about Mars’ source of life and water,
and they are also in a plan on an
expedition to Mars in fifteen to
twenty years time, so that they
would be able to answer the
questions we’ve been all asking for.
5. What is the writer’s purpose in
writing this article?
The writer’s purpose in
writing this article is to inform and
tell the readers about an issue
gathered with his personal
knowledge and updates.
6. Give your personal comment on the
article as a conclusion of your article
review.
This article is substantialy entertaining, so it
has high selling value to offer to the readers.
The article is also factual and actual so this
1. Title of the Article: Splendor in the
Glass
2. Author(s): Richard Lacayo
3. Explain in two or three sentences
why you have chosen this article:
Architecture as a very real
implemetated study, makes me want
to read about this article because for
me architechture’s outputs are very
good looking, neat and well-
organized. I chose this article
because I actually was attracted to
and curious of the shown picture.
Also by curiousity of the explanation
about the subtopic which is why the
modernist house were being
bulldozed away.
4. Explain briefly in four or five
sentences what the article is about:
This article tells us about the
history and the development of
houses with Modern concept since
1949. An architect named Philip
Johnson first made a High
Modernism concept of a house
named The Glass House, which the
house is not bordered with walls, yet
with transparent glass. Privacy
offered by the house is only in a
form of a cubicle which is the
bathroom. This uncommon house is
very attractive to look for, therefore
said in the title of “Splendor in the
Glass”. Throughout the development
of Modern era, instead, these kind of
houses themselves are being
jeoparded due to the use of severe
glass and steel. By this extinction,
Michael Govan, the director of Los
Angeles Country Museum of Art
brought the idea of making these
kind of houses collections, so people
sets the value even higher. Formally the these days can still do research about
article is also well-structured, it flows and is it.
not being word-repetitive. Overall, the 5. What is the writer’s message or
article is good. purpose in writing this article?
The writer’s purpose in
writing this article is to inform,
explain, describe, or define his
knowledge or reportage about The
Glass House to the reader.
6. Give your personal comment on the
article as a conclusion of your article
review.
The article is very substantive, it informs
clearly from the beggining of Glass House
until its jeopardy, with rational and factual
reasons. It also can attract more readers by
showing pictures of the subject. Formally,
the word dictions that are used in the article
are precise and understandable, and it is a
formal well-written news article overall