Description of a Process

The chief steps

Organization
2 problems in organizing the description of the chief steps:
1. How to organize the steps.
2. How to organize the material within each individual step.
The description of the Action
In describing the action, the writer must say everything the reader needs to kno
w to understand, perhaps even visualize, the process. The omission of a slight d
etail may be enough to spoil everything. Moreover, care should be taken not only
in connection with the details of what is done, but also of how it is done.
Style
3 styles of special importance:
1. Active voice, Indicative Mood
the process being described is one which is per
formed by one person.
The farmer (or I, we, you, or one) takes the scion
2. Passive voice, Indicative Mood
The scion is taken
3. Active voice, Imperative Mood
Take the scion
Other styles:
4. Active Voice, Subjunctive Mood
The farmer (or I, we, you, or one) should (or must, or ought to) take the scion
5. Passive Voice Subjunctive Mood
The scion should (or must, or ought to) be taken