Plz !
when you write a short story, why might you use a thesaurus to look up synonyms of descriptive words?
to add more words to your story
to be more precise in your writing
to vary the language and word choice
to distinguish between word meanings

to vary the language and word choice

Looking up words in a thesaurus gives you a variety of words to choose from that have a similar definition to that word. A thesaurus should not be used to just add more words, since this would just make your story repetitive. It can help you be more precise if you know the exact meaning of the other words in the thesaurus. However, being more precise would really just give you more variety in language and word choice.

to vary the language and word choice

"Looking up words in a thesaurus gives you a variety of words to choose from that have a similar definition to that word. A thesaurus should not be used to just add more words, since this would just make your story repetitive. It can help you be more precise if you know the exact meaning of the other words in the thesaurus. However, being more precise would really just give you more variety in language and word choice."

what was your story about? i remember this from my language arts class in flvs! i had ms. rosemeyer.