Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Challenge: Food
Greetings! How's your writing coming along? Are you working daily to strengthen your writing skills? Hopefully, you are also having a bit of fun (and success) with your writing projects. Here's something new to think about as you write: The goal of writing is communication. As writers, however, sometimes we say a whole lot of nothing. We use too many words or “empty” words that sound impressive but don’t tell the readers much. We also tend to overuse words. For example, if I am telling you about a product or describing a person and I use the word “special,” what does that really mean to you if you are not be familiar with that product or that person? The word “special” has been used so much that it really doesn’t always mean a lot to the reader (unless you’re telling a friend or relative that they are special, then that can mean a lot!). You have to tell us what is extraordinary about your product, person, or belief rather than say they are special or extraordinary. Example of...