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Krista Ramsey Article

This article, written by Krista Ramsey, covers the story of 5 students from Lakota East who have released a 16-page package full of information about the use of guns in America. One of the most well-made lines in this article, in my opinion, is stated when Ramsey describes the project that the students had made. She says, " Under an eye-catching cover of a map of the U.S. formed by rounds of ammunition, they produced 16 pages of stories looking at everything from unanticipated results of restricting gun sales to the effects on the family of a shooter."   I liked this line because it was able to utilize diction well and be informative of the project at the same time. Ramsey used words such as "produced" or "eye-catching" instead of more casual words such as "made" or "interesting". The sentence structure was designed so that both what the project's appearance and subject matter could be thoroughly described. For instance, Ramsey wa