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Style can be defined as a writer personal way of writing. A writers personality is often reflected in his or her own style. "Style is the man himself" writes Georges-Louis Buffon, a French naturalist (Morner and Rausch 214). An author or writer's style is presented in his or her work by certain literary techniques such as tone and rythem.

Myers and Wukasch write that "style (from the Latin for 'pointed instrument for writing,' or 'manner of speaking or writing') is the manifestation in language of a writer's individual voice and vision that are derived from his or her character" (346). Again, style is acheived by the writer's usage of literary techniques.

As Hacker points out, sentences have style that are the building blocks for the style of the entire body of work. Achieving style with sentences can be attained by parallelism, coordination, subordination, and/or other techniques such as sentence structure (80).

Literary Terms

Works Cited

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's 2003.
Morner, Kathleen and Ralph Rausch. NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms. 1991.
Myers, Jack and Don C. Wukasch. Dictionary of Poetic Terms. 2003.

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-Style can be defined as a writer personal way of writing.  A writers personality is often reflected in his or her own style.  "Style, in literature, (is) the mysterious yet recognizable result of a successful blending of form with content"(Columbia).  A few examples that influence what the writers style is are techniques such as jargon, sentence structure, description, and the use of literary devices such as metaphors and similes.
+Style can be defined as a writer personal way of writing.  A writers personality is often reflected in his or her own style.  "Style is the man himself" writes Georges-Louis Buffon, a French naturalist (Morner and Rausch 214).  An author or writer's style is presented in his or her work by certain literary techniques such as tone and rythem.
-Donna Gorrell, an English proffessor writes in a commentary that, "It's time for us to accept that if we want our students to write with style, to write like writers, we have to do more than teach sentence variety, rhythm, and emphasis, all the time leaning on correctness. If we want our students to express themselves as individuals, we have to allow them to be different-and, yes, to break the rules. We need to recognize that style is difference."  Gorrell is trying to point out the many different aspects of style and the way to acheive "style".  Style is something a writer must have in order for their work to stand out and have unique qualities.
+Myers and Wukasch write that "style (from the Latin for 'pointed instrument for writing,' or  'manner of speaking or writing') is the manifestation in language of a writer's individual voice and vision that are derived from his or her character" (346).  Again, style is acheived by the writer's usage of literary techniques.
+As Hacker points out, sentences have style that are the building blocks for the style of the entire body of work.  Achieving style with sentences can be attained by [[What is parallel structure?|parallelism]], [[What are “coordinating conjunctions”?|coordination]], [[What are “subordinating conjunctions”?|subordination]], and/or other techniques such as [[What is a sentence?|sentence]] structure (80).
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+[[Literary Terms]]
+== Works Cited ==
+* Hacker, Diana. ''A Writer's Reference''. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's 2003.
+* Morner, Kathleen and Ralph Rausch. ''NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms''. 1991.
+* Myers, Jack and Don C. Wukasch. ''Dictionary of Poetic Terms''. 2003.
+[[Category:Literary Terms]]