Laura Tohe Writing Style

There are many differences between writing styles and techniques. Some writers use different techniques to show different emotions or to compel their audiences to feel a certain way. Authors choose word choices, sentence length, and sentence structure to get their message to their audience. By using these different styles, they may have a different interpretation because of the vast diversity of the audience they are aiming for. In addition, many texts are not emotion based, some are just informative, informational packets, or instructional packets. As a result, the author would not want to use emotion in their writing techniques. When certain authors use this type of technique, it does not mean their text is any less influential than …show more content…
Laura Tohe’s goal is guilt and understanding, in her many poems, she claims how white people made her childhood difficult. Many people who read these poems today feel sad, guilty, and have regrets for the things their ancestors have done in the past. This was her goal, to make people understand what they have done and not to do it again towards any race. Even though it was a poem, she still managed to get her point across in a more powerful way. Due to people’s reactions of guilt, sadness, and wanting to fix our wrongs within this culture. Ultimately by using poetry, she achieves her goal to get her audience to feel and react in a positive way, helping everyone have a better understanding of her …show more content…
Since letters are intended to be personal and typically more moving, it gets people to feel the emotion more. Martin Luther King was stuck in jail and decided to let the public know why and how. He wanted the public to know what he did, why he was put in jail and how the judicial system discriminates against his race. He used this style of writing because it was more heartfelt, personal, and real. Many people analyzed this and were moved by this long piece of text.
Using writing styles to send a message, tell a story, and to do many other things. Given these points, an author’s style, the main point, and the audience, drastically changes the tone of the text. Using poetry and epistle, accomplishes many of the author's aims, informing the audience and having them feel a certain emotion. Techniques that compel an emotion are heartfelt, personal, sad, happy, and any other emotion they wish to compel. Overall, writing techniques may have different aims, but, they have the same goal they want to achieve, which is to catch the eye of their