Writing style

A few exceptions in a writing class doesn’t improve writing skills. As a bilingual person I tent to write wrong, and commit many mistakes. When I recently got to the U.S.A I always had many trouble writing. In college and with the teacher having no exception when it comes to writing it had help me improve my writing, I see the way I was writing wasn’t a good way of writing things. I still have problems when writing, but I had been able to learn from my mistakes and write the sentences the way…

paragraphs. Moreover, I tried to slide past with the minimum amount of work possible. It was only recently that I began to care specifically about the rules that applied to my essays. I've given more thought to the different aspects bundled with the writing process. This English course has provided the tools to aid my English composition. Consequently, I find myself frequently checking for correct sentence structure, good transitional phrases, and use of vibrant…

The art of writing employs many different types of linguistic elements in order to convey meaning, such as grammar and style. “Grammar and style are two distinct concepts in the use of language” (Curzan and Adams 56). Grammar refers “to all language constructions that conform to the systematic rules of a language and are, therefore, comprehensible to another speaker of the language” (Curzan and Adams 11). Style, generally, refers to the use of “good” English where it is “used effectively for…

Each of us has their own writing style. Some work best with music in the background, and some work best in silence. Others like to organize their ideas, and others find that jotting all of their ideas down on paper is a better method of writing. For me, writing an essay is a time consuming process. First, I like to write one sentence at a time, and then go back and revise it. I find that starting off with one sentence and going back to revise it helps with keeping the flow of the paragraph. Next…

Getting the attention of kindergarteners can be hard sometimes, one way to grab their short attention is by telling them a secret. VanNess starts one of her first writing lessons by telling her students a secret and that secret is that “kindergarteners can write!” (574) When she tells her students they can write, she sees faces light up all around her. VanNess starts out the lessons with something simple and gives some examples of ways to use the word I. She models with the students and once…

I interviewed Alison Gernert, my writing professor, at 1 in the afternoon on August 1 in Rush Rhees. When talking to my professor she told me that I am doing very well in the class. She asked me how I felt I was doing and I mentioned how I didn’t have confidence in voicing my opinions in classes so she told me that the class has no standards. I can voice my opinions without judgement because everyone has a voice. She said that my first formal paper was the worst grade I had received in the class…

Principle and Methods Reflection Writing may seem like a gift that some do not possess, but it is simply a skill that develops with long hours of practice and dedication. William Zinsser constructed a novel explaining the true amount of effort writing requires. He introduced ten principles and methods that enhance writing skills when perfected. These principles take concepts that most upcoming writers struggle to grasp and strip them into easily taught lessons. Out of the ten principles and…

every person individually, every person has his or her own writing style. In my opinion the way a person writes, the style, language and the use of words tell a lot about the author. I do not consider myself to be a writer, not in Spanish which in my first native language or English which is my second language. I would say that writing is always about tone, in my opinion if the tone is not there, then there is no writing. Also to do a writing for a certain subject for school I need a certain…

In her collection of short stories, Flannery O’Connor has a characteristic style that is shown through her narrator and figurative language regardless of the plot or scenario. In the first four novella in the collection, O’Connor introduces the reader to these aspects of her style via similar uses and different elements according to each story she tells. Her novellas have a characteristic style through color imagery, a mean-spirited (but humorous) storyteller as the narrator, strange comparisons…

I am a student, so I have opportunity to write academic writing. Also, I am young, so I use slang when I write to friends. I learned that my writing style tend to simple, and formal, but sometimes casual. My writing style commonality is simple. In the Facebook post, sentences are very simple and I did not use emoji and other marks. I just focused to tell people what I did, how I though about the place, and pictures explanation. The text message is a same thing as the Facebook post, sentences…