In " the transaction" what is william zinsser's viewpoint on writing as a career ? what details does he use to support this point of view ? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your ideas and include an introductory sentence, precise language , a formal style , and a concluding statement

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.

the positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness. i think its this

"valley of salt tears" and "dark, deep and foggy" are two images used to establish a mood of uncertainty and regret. this imagery is made up of sensory appeals to brings up   theological concerns of sin and retribution.

they conjure up the human   uncertainty about the divine and its relationship to the world.