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Woodruff 1Katelyne WoodruffStyle EssayDr. DonohueSeptember 20, 2017What is Style?
Woodruff 2as, “Style is an increment in writing. When we speak of Fitzgerald’s style, we don’t mean hiscommand of the relative pronoun, we mean the sound his words make on the paper. All writers,by the way they use the language, reveal something of their spirits, their habits, their capacities,and their biases. This is inevitable as well as enjoyable,” (98). What he means, that is clear asday, is the way a writer writes, shows everything about them that you need to know. Their style iswhat makes their style and as a whole makes them unique. Furthermore, White gives us 21 rulesto follow when writing to make our writing easy to follow, simple enough to understand/read,while still makes it our own. For example, White tells us to put ourselves in the background,write naturally, and be careful about how you compose your writing as a whole (100-105). Whitehas a sense of style that comes so naturally to one’s mind to read and comprehend. When readingThe Elements of Style, one can see that he follows his own rules that he has given to us to use and

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Term
Spring
Professor
HollyA.Braden
Tags
Writing, Style, Kindred, Style guide, Slavery in the United States, Writer, Dana love hates Rufus

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