Casey Anthony Not Guilty in Slaying of Daughter

I chose to follow Lizette Alvarez, a very skilled writer of the New York Times. I found one article, "Casey Anthony Not Guilty in Slaying of Daughter" particularly interesting. Not necessarily the information, but more of the writing style of the author is what stuck my interest. Alvarez used very little slang; at least none stuck out to me, and she made this report very formal; yet concise. I did notice; however, a syntax pattern of excessive compound-complex sentences. Nearly every sentence was written the same. There were very few simple sentences. The biased stand also stood out to me. Just the title alone, "Casey Anthony Not Guilty in Slaying of Daughter" makes me feel like the article will be about the wrong outcome for the alleged, Casey Anthony, by Alvarez's choice of slaying. I must admit though, the title is what reeled me into reading it. At one point in Alvarez's article, I felt she tried to sway the readers against the jurors. She states how the jurors had little difficulty reaching a verdict, and that might have been due to their sequestered stay for six weeks. The structure of Alvarez's article was a split between descriptive and narrative. I also noticed that there was no climax in the article. It was all simply down to the point; solely the facts and details. The honest effectiveness this author had on me with this particular article is that it was well-written and interesting, but nothing spectacular or extraordinary.