Elements of Writing Style

Style  Like artists, musicians, or even directors have their own style art, music, or videography, authors have their own style of writing.

What makes up style?  Connotation/Denotation  Figures of Speech (metaphor, simile, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, etc.)  Dialogue  Point of View  Connotation/Denotation  Figures of Speech (metaphor, simile, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, etc.)  Dialogue  Point of View

Connotation and Denotation  Connotation:  An idea or feeling that a word evokes in addition to its actual definition  Example: Tired vs. Exhausted  Denotation:  The literal meaning of a word. Its definition.  Example: Tired: to exhaust strength by exertion; to make weary  Connotation:  An idea or feeling that a word evokes in addition to its actual definition  Example: Tired vs. Exhausted  Denotation:  The literal meaning of a word. Its definition.  Example: Tired: to exhaust strength by exertion; to make weary

Figures of Speech  Literary devices that are used to enhance writing. Examples of these would be…  Metaphor  Simile  Alliteration  Assonance  Onomatopoeia  Personification  Hyperbole  Literary devices that are used to enhance writing. Examples of these would be…  Metaphor  Simile  Alliteration  Assonance  Onomatopoeia  Personification  Hyperbole

Dialogue  Dialogue gives life to a story. It is the conversation between two or more characters in a given story.  Why are rules of dialogue, such as quotation marks, important?  We wouldn’t know who is talking or when a conversation begins!  Dialogue gives life to a story. It is the conversation between two or more characters in a given story.  Why are rules of dialogue, such as quotation marks, important?  We wouldn’t know who is talking or when a conversation begins!

Point of View  Point of view gives the readers the narrator’s perspective of the story.  Point of view is typically told from one of three major points of view  First Person  Second Person  Third Person (Each of these points of view can be broken down further which we will discuss later in class)  Point of view gives the readers the narrator’s perspective of the story.  Point of view is typically told from one of three major points of view  First Person  Second Person  Third Person (Each of these points of view can be broken down further which we will discuss later in class)