A&B Ch 18 Skills 18.2 & 18.4

When writing any form of paper, the vocabulary that you choose to use is of utmost importance.  For example when you are writing a persuasive paper you would choose to use as clear and unambiguous language as possible to make sure that the reader does not get confused and does not lose focus on the topic at hand.  When writing a more open form paper however the vocabulary that you choose to use will be quite a bit different.  Choosing your vocabulary in an open form paper is meant not to convey a point, but a feeling, you want the reader to think about various related topics when you are writing your paper and you want them to think about why they care about your story or experience in the first place.  In a closed form paper you would use a short sentence to quickly and clearly get across a message.  In an open form paper you will be more inclined to add much descriptive language to add another sense to the information that is at hand.  One example that I really like in the A&B book was describing wild Iguanas.  The message that the writer is referring to is that when an Iguana dies the color in its skin goes away.  However the way he describes the iguanas, comparing them to stain glass windows or a heap of precious stones, then how he describes how the color goes away when the iguana dies using words like “the flame is put out” and “dead as a sandbag” adds more of a sense of how it feels to see the color drain away from the iguana.