Chapter 5 Reading Response
September 2nd

        As I read through Chapter 5 of Reading for A Purpose, I found that multiple topics the book discussed I already knew from previous English classes. I took an entire workshop on how to write descriptive papers, short stories, and suspenseful stories. However, the one section that really caught my attention was "Deciding on A Dominant Impression". To briefly cover what this topic discussed...it basically tells you to pick one "dominate impression" (or a notable quality of the object you are describing). Doing so will help you be able to manage a complex topic to a reader. Trying to describe a mass object is very tricky, and this was one piece of advice that I never been told. Personally, I think this will benefit me deeply.
        From a professional point of view, I believe that this chapter did a very good job at giving enough examples for each different tip of how to properly describe things. However, I did believe the topic of "Descriptive Words" was a bit childish for a college level textbook. Especially since they used words such as "walk", "spoke", "look", and "went". I believe that those are all words that any 8th grader could come up with an alternative for. If I could give them any sort of advice, it would be to maybe use more complex or college appropriate words. However, that is just my two cents on that. All and all, I thought this chapter was very well constructed and was quite informative (in some topics).


Renee Fannon