The column by Krista Ramsey I chose to read is about a 14 year old girl who was shot by another 14 year old boy and her grandmothers reaction to it. Her grandma says she was just an ordinary teen who didn't deserve to be killed.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/04/05/krista-ramsey-tyann-adkins/7373013/
I thought a meaningful line was "But then Tyann gasped, tilted her head back and stopped breathing." This sentence is very meaningful because it is the last thing she did before she died. The way she says "gasped" puts a lasting impact on how you think about the column.She uses many describing words so you can get a vivid image in your head.
Ramsey's writing style is very straightforward. She gets straight to the facts and makes her columns short. An example from the first column is "In the U.S. alone, the percentage of people ages 12-54 who are nearsighted - meaning unable to see things clearly at a distance – rose from 25 percent in the early 1970's to 42 percent now." It's only facts and no opinions. An example from the second column is "At work, “Casual Fridays” have morphed into sundresses and golf shirts every day." Krista puts no emotion into this part of the writing. An example from the column I read is "Some accounts say he walked into the room where she and other teenagers were sitting, pointed the gun at several of them and then it went off, striking Tyann in the chest." Krista doesn't give her input and only wants to give us the facts.
If i met Krista, i would ask her what she does for fun, where she gets her ideas for her writing, and why she chooses to write columns.
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