Words shape how we think, write, and interpret literature. Think about a time when learning a new word or understanding a specific term helped you better analyze a text, express an idea, or make your writing stronger.

 A lot of the time, because I read a lot, I tend to understand the feeling of a word, but not exactly what it means. It's hard to describe, but it's like when I'm reading the word in a text I can understand it, but if someone were to ask me what it means, I have a hard time doing that. Gaining a better understanding of a word can help me not only actually know what the word means, but also possibly gain more context of what it means in relation to the entire text.

Today in class we worked on new vocabulary words.

Learning these new words can help me to improve my writing, as I now I won't have to worry so much about repeating the same words over and over, because now I know different ones I can use in place of them.