Module II - Comments

The chapter on audience was energizing for me -- I've been agonizing on what to blog about this term and have not been able to come up with a topic that I thought would be of interest to my classmates.
After reading E.B; White’s piece on hens, I realized that the topic is not as important as how it is written. I agreed with the author that although I have no interest in chickens, E.B. White's piece on the hen was very enjoyable to read. Thanks! I needed that.
In the next chapter on words, I was happy to have Zinsser recommend the thesaurus. Some of my coworkers feel as if using a thesaurus is cheating – they think that its’s crutch for those who don’t have an adequate vocabulary. I disagree. The thesaurus helps me to recall words and get the exact meaning I want in a sentence. I think it’s a valuable tool.