Style

=Style Analysis= Read the Explanation of style below. Then, CLICK ON THE DISCUSSION TAB and post an explanation of AT LEAST one aspect of your author's style. **DUE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 4, 2012**

Key Aspects in Analyzing an Author's Style
Discuss the following concepts about writing style:
 * Analyzing author's style involves understanding the particular way a piece is written.
 * Style in writing is not //what// is said but //how// it is said.
 * Analyzing author's style involves analyzing the writer's unique way of communicating ideas.
 * All writers's have style, but not all style is good.
 * Whether or not a style is good largely depends on if it is appropriate to the work.
 * Style is the author's personal expression.
 * Styles in writing are created deliberately by the author to convey a specific mood or effect.
 * Key aspects in styles of writing include:
 * 1) sentence length, structure, variation, and position
 * 2) the use of sensory details, figurative language and other literary devices
 * 3) the use of sound devices-alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhythm, repetition
 * 4) the use of dialogue
 * 5) word choice
 * 6) tone
 * 7) the use of local color
 * 8) the use of irony