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In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be ______ into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive and process.
　　Factual writing provides ______ information on an author, composer, or artist or on a type of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or ______ cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might read in a music ______ course. This kind of writing provides a ______ for your study of the humanities.
　　As its name ______, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an ______ of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the ______ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader’s mind by calling up specific details of the work. ________.
　　Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) ________. This kind of writing is often found in art, where understanding how an art has created a certain effect is important. (46) _________.
classified background album appreciation context implies image instruments Descriptive writing in the humanities, particularly in literature is often mixed with critical writing It tells the reader how to do something. For example, explaining the technique used to shoot a film. Authors may actually use more than one type of technique in a given piece of informational writing.