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
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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
Let’s Take a Look!
Figures of Speech
Parody & Satire
Some ways to
express your style
include using…
Point of View
Contradiction & Ambiguity
Now You Try!
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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.
Parody goes hand-in-hand. It imitates the
characteristic style of an author or a work for
comic effect or ridicule.
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?!
Back to Terms
: This is the relationship of the narrator
to the story. Needless to say, it is what
creates bias.
A. limited
first
: :the
isisone
thethe
characters
C.B.
third person:
the narrator
tells
thoughts
ofthe
thirdperson
person
thenarrator
narrator
not of
a character
in thein
story
only
one character
story
• The
The pronouns
pronouns I,he,
she,
it, him,
her,
himself,
herself,
me,
myself,
my,
mine,
we, us,
ourselves,
our,
andits,
ours
arethem,
first person
himself,
his, her,
hers,
they,
themselves, their,
and theirs are third person.
Example
Example:
Example:
As they
walked
to the went
store,toJason
wondered
whether
Sarah
wanted
Sarah
and Jason
the store
but neither
of them
wanted
Jason and I went to the store to pick up some jungle juice.
Jungle
JuiceJuice.
as bad as he did.
Jungle
Back to Terms
Figures of Speech
- This is a type of expression that is nonliteral.
Examples
Metaphors:
Personification:
literary
figure of speech
expressions
used
deviceininwhich
which
animals, are
plants,
to refer to something that it does not literally
objects,
and ideas are treated as if they
denote in order to suggest a similarity
were human or alive, or at least given
human
EX: I just
saw Susan walk characteristics
by and man, she’s a fox!
EX: The clouds danced happily across the low terrain.
Back to Terms
Contradiction
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&
A figure of speach that is
inherently false, also known
as an oxymoron.
EXAMPLES
Jumbo Shrimp
Pretty Ugly
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Combining elements that are
by definition in opposition to
each other.
EXAMPLE
I slowly ran down the hall.
Ambiguity
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An expression whose meaning
cannot be determined from its
context.
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Unclearness by virtue of having
more than one meaning.
EXAMPLE
The small boy ate the cookies
on the couch.
Now did he eat the cookies that
were laying on the couch…
or
Did he eat the cookies while
sitting on the couch?
Notice the opposition!
Back to Terms
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
SEARCH FOR
A POEM
Make the Right Choice
Plagiarism (n.)
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 they were your own
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Plagiarism has never been easier than it is today. Before the Internet, cheating was hard work
and extremely obvious.
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 paper, article, or even
a book.
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.
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Works Cited
Slide 1
http://www.wavcentral.com/top_sounds.htm
Slide 2
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Pablo6.html
http://www.aperfectworld.org/clipart/Music/electricguitar.gif
Slide 3
http://www.uglypeople.com
Slide 5
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=fz1hqTNA4O&isbn=0316159727&itm=3
http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/04051115011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/7710000/7717179.jpg
Slide 9
http://www.lakesideschool.org/upperschool/departments/english/ErikChristensen/WRITING STRATEGIES/LiteraryStyles.htm
http://oneonta.k12.ny.us/hs/murphy/terms.htm
http://www.poets.org/poets/index.cfm
Slide 10
http://www.mydropbox.com
http://resources.bravenet.com/audio_clips/movies_tv/10_commandments_-_so_let_it_be_written_so_let_it_be_done/listen/