Author(s) of article:
Title of article: The total solar eclipse has come and gone
Date article was published: August 21,2017
Web address: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/us/us-total-solar-eclipse-day/index.html
Summary Information
Discuss the effectiveness of the headline in summarizing the story and getting the reader’s attention.
the headline “The total solar eclipse has come and gone” tells me that the article will go over the events of the eclipse and it grabbed my attention very well.
Briefly describe the factual content of the story related to the lead: 5 W’s and the H.
Who: America
What: solar eclipse
When: August 21, 2017
Where: across the U.S. from coast to coast
Why:
How:
Were all the 5 “W’s” and “H” answered?
No, the why and how were not answered.
Of all the 5 “W’s” and “H”, star the one you think is the most important. Tell why.
I think that the when is most important because knowing the date, you can figure out the rest of the imfomation.
Magnitude of the event in story
Is it international, national, or local?
this is a national story because it involved only the United States and the entire country got to see it.
What is its impact? How many people were affected by it?
Many schools closed. Most of the people in central America were able to experience the solar eclipse.
Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article:
Facts in a news story are supposed to be arranged from most to least important.
the main idea of this article is that the first total solar eclipse to cross the United States from coast to coast in 99 years had happened on August 21, 2017.
Do you believe the author did this effectively? Why?
I believe that the author did this correctly because they stated what the article would be about and gave a little information to keep the reader from getting bored.
Reliability of Sources
Did the article come from a wire service?
the article did come from a wire service, it came directly from CNN.
Who are the sources in the article itself? (Examples: lawyer, doctor, neighbor, police officer, forensics expert)
the sources in the article are: NASA, CNN, A-State Library, Alaska airlines, NASA Moon, Intl. Space Station, Paolo Nespoli, and Noah Gray.
List one quote that made the article sound more reliable.
Personal Reaction
What was the most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article?
the solar eclipse of 2017 was the first total solar eclipse to cross the United States from coast to Coast in 99 years.
What question(s) do you have after reading this article?
How are are solar eclipses?
What would you like to learn more about?
I would like to learn more about what makes a solar eclipse occur.