Style & Writing

English 12

Literature as Art?We consider paintings and music art because their interpretation is left open to the viewer, and its effects are different for each.

Does each person interpret poetry in the same way? No. Texts can be art too!

Style in Writing The artistic measure of

literature is called style.

-Style is unique for everybody, it’s a groove you’ve got to find!

-Developing style requires understanding different approaches.

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Let’s Take a Look!Let’s Take a Look!

Some ways to express your style

include using…

Figures of SpeechParody & Satire

Contradiction & Ambiguity

Point of View

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Satire always uses some degree of wit or humor. It is a kind of writing which ridicules human foolishness or vices.

A great example!

“He is a goniff! Someone ought to give him a zetz in the schnoz.”

Oy vey! What has happened to Dick, Jane and Sally since we last saw them? They now speak Yiddish?!

Parody goes hand-in-hand. It imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.

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: This is the relationship of the narrator to the story. Needless to say, it is what creates bias.

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A. first person: the narrator is one of the characters in the story

The pronouns I, me, myself, my, mine, we, us, ourselves, our, and ours are first person

Example:

Jason and I went to the store to pick up some jungle juice.

B. third person: the narrator is not a character in the story

• The pronouns he, she, it, him, her, himself, herself, himself, his, her, hers, its, they, them, themselves, their, and theirs are third person.

Example:

Sarah and Jason went to the store but neither of them wanted Jungle Juice.

C. limited third person: the narrator tells the thoughts of only one character

Example

As they walked to the store, Jason wondered whether Sarah wanted Jungle Juice as bad as he did.

Figures of Speech

- This is a type of expression that is non- literal.

Examples

Personification:literary device in which animals, plants,

objects, and ideas are treated as if they were human or alive, or at least given human characteristics

EX: The clouds danced happily across the low terrain.

Metaphors: figure of speech in which expressions are used

to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

EX: I just saw Susan walk by and man, she’s a fox!

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ContradictionContradiction & & AmbiguityAmbiguity A figure of speach that is A figure of speach that is

inherently false, also known inherently false, also known as an oxymoron.as an oxymoron.

EXAMPLESEXAMPLES

Jumbo ShrimpJumbo Shrimp

Pretty UglyPretty Ugly

Combining elements that are Combining elements that are by definition in opposition to by definition in opposition to each other.each other.

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

I slowly ran down the hall.I slowly ran down the hall.

Notice the opposition!Notice the opposition!

An expression whose meaning An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its cannot be determined from its context. context.

Unclearness by virtue of having Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.more than one meaning.

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

The small boy ate the cookies The small boy ate the cookies

on the couch.on the couch.

Now did he eat the cookies that Now did he eat the cookies that were laying on the couch…were laying on the couch…

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Did he eat the cookies while Did he eat the cookies while sitting on the couch?sitting on the couch?

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Researching Your Own Examples

-Now you can find your own examples!

-Just read your favorite author and you are sure to find some.

-Useful texts include poems, lyrics, and fictional books.

Detailed Diagram of Style

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Make the Right ChoiceMake the Right ChoicePlagiarism (n.)Plagiarism (n.)

1) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as 1) a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if being your own work 2) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your ownthey were your own

Plagiarism has never been easier than it is today. Before the Internet, cheating was Plagiarism has never been easier than it is today. Before the Internet, cheating was hard work and extremely obvious.hard work and extremely obvious.

The Internet now makes it easy to find thousands of relevant sources in seconds, and The Internet now makes it easy to find thousands of relevant sources in seconds, and in the space of a short time plagiarists can find, copy, and paste together a term in the space of a short time plagiarists can find, copy, and paste together a term paper, article, or even a book.paper, article, or even a book.

I don’t discourage reading up on a topic, research all you want! Make sure you cite I don’t discourage reading up on a topic, research all you want! Make sure you cite your sources however and give the author credit for his own work. your sources however and give the author credit for his own work.

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