The writer of Flight of the Kuaka, Don Stap, writes this scientific reflection as a present tense narrative. This leads to the writing feeling more story-like and less boringly educational. Even the title, Flight of the Kuaka, sounds like the title of an interesting story or legend, not a scientific article. The first paragraph sets the scene perfectly, giving the articl more of an adventure novel feel. It is incredibly visual, even a little comical, and serves as a great hook to pull the reader in. The story does become more informative as it continues on, giving more and more information about the birds and the danger they're in,but by that time, the reader is already sucked in.
Stap has a very similar writing style to that of the article, DON'T, we studied last class. Both authors use qotations and personal introductions for their characters. Stap presents a great visual when he introduces the character, Gill, by saying "In his early 60s, with close-cropped white hair," and "Gill's voice rises with enthusiam." He even introduced the birds with great visual description. Its easy to picture these amazing birds after being told they're "large, long-legged, cinamon-breasted sandpipers with upturned bills." This writing technique throws the reader right into the story to practically experience what the writer is going through.
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