2nd edition: On a separate sheet of paper, complete the activity on p. 56 of The Language of Composition. Respond to the following questions in your journal: What effect is Woolf striving for? How does she create that effect? How does the effect serve the purpose of her writing? Edit: Ok so i actually answered this question my self , i dont know if its right but i gave it my best shot .

I think there purpose is to show how she or he pays attention to the little things and all the little details in life and to live it to its fullest but at the end we are all going to die any way . She does that by explaining the little details about the moth like how its flying around from one corner to another full of energy but at the end it still died which makes him think that death is strange .