In "Are We Losing Our Edge?", we can see how the writer blurs the lines between open and closed form prose when the article starts being fun to read. Even though, the author presents us several different stories as examples. He doesn’t lose the main point. This article seems to have secondary research. The author presents details about the best universities in the United States to study science or mathematics, and people who first study here in the United States and ended up doing research in other countries.
In the second article, it happens the same thing, even though it seems to be written more as an open form prose. As you read the informative article "The Sociology of Suds", it seems that you are reading a narrative. Narratives are usually entertaining. The author must have done some primary research- for example, one or more interviews- to be able to write this story about Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee is a sweet old man who had a Laundromat in a small neighborhood. This article narrates every single thing Mr. Lee used to do. The author combines words creating a smooth syntax, which makes this a pleasant article to read.
If I had to steal a “technique”, I would definitely steal the second’s article “technique” of writing an informative article as a narrative. I felt that "The Sociology of Suds" was so much fun to read because I couldn’t stop reading until the end. Besides the author’s word choice, this article presents a cute story about a man who helped everyone in his neighborhood.
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