Text Types Tasks

The types of text the New York Times's articles, "A Coup Against the Supreme Court" and "Not So Divided After All on Foreign Policy" are narrative and argumentative.


Several similarities both texts share are:
The two articles describe an issue by its objective facts;
however, they also contain elements of subjectivism (such as adjectives and adverbs) in their narration, making them argumentative;
and regarding the inner structure, the articles both engage an issue of political nature.

As for the differences between the two textes,

• "Not So Divided After All on Foreign Policy" uses statistical information;
• this last article talks about an issue regarding the consecuences of Donald Trump's political oaths, while "A Coup Against the Supreme Court" refers to a problem of bias in the followers of this candidate;
• and "A Coup Against the Supreme Court" begins with a non-related to the specific issue introduction, it is rather set to strenghten the author's opinion.

The elements of "A Coup Against the Supreme Court" will be marked with a "👍" in the following list:

• Introduction, body and conclusion 👍
• An objective explanation of the issue 
• A timely news angle 👍
• Opinions from the opposing viewpoint that refute directly the same issues the writer addresses 👍
• The opinions of the writer delivered in a professional manner 👍
• Alternative solutions to the problem or issue being criticized 👍
• A solid and concise conclusion that powerfully summarizes the writer's opinion

Now, regarding "Not So Divided After All on Foreign Policy":

• Introduction, body and conclusion👍
• An objective explanation of the issue 
• A timely news angle 👍
• Opinions from the opposing viewpoint that refute directly the same issues the writer addresses 👍
• The opinions of the writer delivered in a professional manner
• Alternative solutions to the problem or issue being criticized 👍
• A solid and concise conclusion that powerfully summarizes the writer's opinion 👍