Abstract
The readability of a given text is dependent on many factors, among which include the number of words in a sentence and the length of the words which is indicated by the syllables in the sentence. It is alleged that local and national newspapers have a readability level of the fifth grade. This experimental project seeks to determine the veracity of these claims using the Gwinnett Daily Post, a local newspaper that circulates in Georgia. The sample for the treatments includes six articles from which the first five sentences will be chosen. The word and syllable count for the ...
