Krista Ramsey wrote an article called, "Bear in the neighborhood? Thrilling, not nuisance". This article is about how a year ago she saw a black bear in her Montgomery neighborhood and her reaction was worried and concerned. When you should be happy to see a bear because they are a life's gift. You can find this article at "Bear in the neighborhood? Thrilling, not nuisance. I would ask Krista why did she write about this? What were you trying to say in this piece of writing? What made you think that people in Cincinnati would be interested in reading this specific article?
       A powerful quote in this article is,"These animals have no skills for crossing streets and cannot grasp what's meant to be landscaping rather than lunch... Whose land was it first? ... These marvelous creatures live among us, not because of us ..."(Krista Ramsey). The animals don't know any better than to go in the streets or to walk where a bunch of people live. Where you live right now belonged to the wild life. You can't blame or be angry at them(animals) for not knowing any better. The life the animals has known don't include the laws which we obey. To them the land still belongs to them as it always did. In this quote there is a question which makes the reader stop and think about what Krista was asking. Also the quote was indented which also makes the reader think about what they just read. It makes the reader think beyond the words which are written.
       Ramsey's writing style is spaced out and includes a lot of diction and syntax. Throughout her article the length of her sentences vary. The length of the sentences changes from being very long to very short and timid.  An example of this is, "She doesn't care. Whose land was it first? ..."(Krista Ramsey). The word choice in this article is very good, Some examples are gusting winds, slashing lightning, resilience, and marvelous. In the article there is a lot of punctuation which creates a pause in the reading. This occurs when Krista Ramsey states,"That we can shape the boxwood and spread the mulch and seal the driveway all we want, but let a mother raccoon do her crazy, curvy raccoon walk down our sidewalk and we're as starstruck as a seven year old." The reputation of punctuation makes the reader stop and create an image in their mind. Lastly, Krista indents every line in her article. This creates a big pause between each line. This technique creates a pause to think more about what the writer is saying beyond the words and imagine a picture of the whole idea/topic. Also makes the piece of writing more dramatic.