Activity 2 by Marcus Johnson https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb Compare the scientific article with The Conversation article en-us 2022-04-03 11:53:20 UTC 2022-04-04 02:01:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127668096 Conversation Article
- use of engaging sub titles
- use of rhetorical questions
- photographs and images
- use of personal pronouns
- summarises findings from journal articles
- informal language

Journal Article
- uses more quantitative data 
- in text citations and figures
- utilises first hand investigations 
- formal language ]]> 2022-04-04 00:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127668096 https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127672212 The Conversation Article
- written in short, concise paragraphs 
- use of pictures
- bold subheadings
- links to other sources
- using simple terms and definitions so it can be understood by a broader audience
- rhetorical questions for engagement

Journal Article
- lots of statistics
- lots of technical jargon that may be difficult to understand for a wider audience
- in text referencing
- lots of referencing at the end
- big chunks of text under sub headings

]]> 2022-04-04 00:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127672212 Comparison https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127673589 - Conversation seems like online media article / journal article about science, whereas the journal article is more technical and detailed
- Conversation has an engaging title with supporting pictures, whereas the journal article is all text
- Conversation article length considerably shorter than that of the journal article
- References in the Conversation are hyper-links / in the article, whereas the journal article has citations and a reference list]]> 2022-04-04 00:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127673589 Literary Techniques in the Conversation https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127674901 - Imagery - "The fading light"
- Triplets - "primitive, small-brained and diminutive hominin", "where, when, and how"
- Metaphor - "sent shock waves through the paleoanthropological community"
- Colloquial language? - "puzzles aplenty"
- Hypophora - "So, can we be confident in our new interpretation of the stratigraphy and chronology for the home of the hobbit? We think so"
- Rhetorical q - "When did the ancestors of Homo floresiensis first arrive on Flores and what did they look like?"
]]> 2022-04-04 00:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127674901 Comparing scientific article with Conversation article https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127679238 Similarities 
About the homo floresiensis 
Offer details on excavation, discovery and historical significance to human anthropology
Offer location Liang Bua

Difference 
Science article
   More detail on the science behind the excavation, dating, comparison, earth around the specimen
   More jargon and scientific terms
   Less images 
   More methodology
Less simplified]]> 2022-04-04 00:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127679238 isti6952_2 https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127682438 2022-04-04 00:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127682438 Comparison of Scientiffic vs The Conversation Articles https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127689761 Conversation Article
-Informal language
-Lower modality words/more basic language
-Less information-dense
-Use of collective pronouns (e.g. "we")
-Use of hyperlinks
-Subheadings
-Rhetorical Questions
-Less information cited
-Use of images.
-'Easier' read
-use of literary techniques, such as colloquial language, metaphor, rule of three, hypophora, rhetorical and more.

Scientific Article
-More information-dense
-More citations
-'Harder' read
-Use of high order vocabulary
-Is significantly more detailed - everything is discussed in great depth, at a more granular level.
Doesn't use literary devices]]> 2022-04-04 00:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127689761 Conversation https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127692211 - Inclusive language "we" and personal pronouns "I"
- Descriptive elements/imagery "in the fading light" 
- Rhetorical questions "So how and when did this species or its ancestors get to this remote island?"
- metaphor "There are still many chapters of hobbit history to be written... A decade from now, we hope to have found many more pieces of this prehistoric puzzle in human evolution"
- informal language "Not so, it seemed, with the hardy hobbits."]]> 2022-04-04 01:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127692211 Vs Article https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127696350 - Article is much longer
- Uses more formal language
- Much more information dense "Sediments between T2 and T3 in Sector XXI yielded a weighted mean IRSL age of 66 [plus or minus] 9 kyr (LB12-OSL1 and -OSL2) and a TL age of 59 [plus or minus] 13 kyr (LB12-23-3)."
- Descriptive elements more concise - quickly gets to technical informaiton]]> 2022-04-04 01:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/marcusj19899/95g1j0mjlrzc3vkb/wish/2127696350