A triumph of good over evil: that's how author Thomas Keneally describes the subject of his famous book Schindler's List. Keneally's narrative is also a triumph of style.(Author's Craft)

From: Writing! | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

What is style?

When you describe a person's style, what are you describing?

Most people would say style is a combination of factors: the way a person dresses, moves, talks, acts around others, reacts to situations. Style is how all those things, and others, come together to produce the person that other people see and hear. Style in writing is also a combination of things: Elements of style include words, phrases, sentences, and images. The choice of words (conversational or formal, for example), the order of words (usual or inverted), the use or nonuse of figures of ...

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