Informative Article on Koalas

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/koala

The purpose of this article is to inform people about koalas at the San Diego Zoo. This could be for any reason from a research project to somebody about to visit the zoo. Not everyone knows a ton about koalas so this article would be very useful for almost anyone. This article uses the rhetorical appeal of pathos in the introduction by describing how cute the animals are making making someone more likely to want to come to the zoo and see them. The mode of the article is the zoo's website on the internet. The article is set up in a way that gives general information about the koala at the top then more in-depth details the more that you scroll down. This serves to help people who just want quick facts by letting them easily find the information they are looking for while people who want more information can just continue reading. This piece could be formatted into many other forms of media like a movie documentary outlining the life of koalas. It could also easily be converted into an informative poster that can be placed at the zoo exhibit outlining basic information like where the koala lives and what it eats.