Some journal entries involve very little writing. For example, you might clip an article or advertisement from the newspaper and add a few comments on why it caught your eye. You might doodle or draw, write unrelated thoughts, keep travel notes, rate movies, or set goals. You might even press flowers between pages. Your journal is a place to save impressions and to think, plan, and work out problems. The following journal entry was commentary on a photograph of a couple posing for prom pictures. Read it, and then answer the questions.
May 25, 2002
The best day of my life. The worst night of my life. All that planning. Wow. $800 another kiss bliss headache, police, help!
This journal entry is very disconnected, but it no doubt makes perfect sense to the writer. Should it also make sense to the reader?
A.
No, these thoughts have meaning for the writer.
B.
Yes, clarity is a major principle of good writing.
C.
Yes, what's the point of writing if not to communicate?