While reading chapters 4 and 5 in Patterns for a Purpose, I began to learn a few things about writing that I didn't seem to realize before. In the beginning of chapter four, it talks about the importance of description. It emphasizes the importance of description and the way that something is written can change the way a reader interprets the words and creates a vision. I have always known the importance of description when writing a story but I never really focused on the topic when writing a formal essay. In the book, it talks about how using description to show your ideas and points can change and impact the way the reader vies your words. The book also states how often description is used outside the classroom. It listed many ways that description is used in work and the community and it made me realize that description isn't just used when writing a story.
The book continued to go into depth about description and how to achieve a successful description. I began to learn about dominant impressions, supporting details, and the process for writing description. Before reading this section I didn't even know there was a process for writing a description. Whenever someone would tell me to write a description, I would always find myself getting lost. I wouldn't know where to start or where to even take my description. These chapters about description have really helped me as a writer and know more about writing descriptions. I now know what to focus on and how to make it successful. Without reading these chapters, I would have continued to be a blind, confused student writing completely average descriptions.
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