Reading
Response #3
Chapter
5
I
found Chapter 5 of the Patterns for a Purpose English textbook to be
quite useful. This specific chapter, entitled “Description”, touches upon that
topic exactly. It goes into great detail about how to use proper descriptions
in your writing, and even how to decipher details in an image to learn more
about its purpose. One tip that I found very useful from this section of the
book was when it explained how an author should focus on a dominant impression
of something. The dominant impression is one very important detail of how the
writer wants something to be viewed throughout a piece, and by focusing on this
specific detail, description of that certain thing will be much more
manageable. After learning this strategy I believe character development in my
writing will improve greatly.
The
use of many example essays in this section was very helpful as well. By
elaborating on the active use of description in writing, students are given
more of a clear image of exactly what to do when applying detail. These samples
could come in very handy when being asked to write your own descriptive essay,
or when studying for a test based on detailed writing. The amount of
interactive work that this chapter has incorporated is plenty to prepare
students for application of the topic of detail in a classroom setting.
By:
Claire Reyburn
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