In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36) into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process. Factual writing provides background 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 (37) cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might read in a music (38) course. This kind of writing provides a (39) for your study of the humanities. As its name (40) , descriptive writing (41) describes, or provides an image of, a piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist used in a painting or the musical (42) a composer included in a musical composition, so as to make pictures or sounds in the reader’s mind by calling up (43) details of the work. (44) 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 artist created a certain effect is important. (46)