Punctuation: Previous to taking this course, I believe punctuation to be a grammatical nuisance in my life. However, after taking this course, I have learned the power and strength that can come from sharp, powerful, and purposeful punctuation. Further vs Farther: As silly and simple as this may seem, I have loved studying the difference…
verbing
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My Style
When I was a child, I used to “edit”, cross out, and rewrite the books that I read simply to have the bend into the literature pieces that I desired. Regardless of the current characters, written out descriptions, my particular taste in reading always rendered the books I read, altered. As the years have gone…
Microstyle Book Review
In times past, words not only stood as indicators of class, education and intelligence, but it also allowed communication to take place in general. However, as time has past and the world continued to evolve, people, along with language, have taken on new ideas and stages. Instead of simply being a means of communication, language,…
Say Cheese
Beloved Monk, Orphan caretaker, and famed underground luchador, dies at 49. Ignacio Nacho, a monk struggling for orphan funds turned luchador on the brink of his over-the-hill birthday– died on Tuesday while enjoying his last corn on the cob. While his heart and fervor remain in the hearts of hundreds of orphans, Nacho has left this…
Subordinating and Additive Styles
Subordinating- Jane Austen As all of us already know, ice cream always precedes a fabulous night. Additive- J.D. Salinger I used to love brownies and the gooey chocolate that stuck to the crevices of ones mouth upon first bite, especially over apple pie whose sugar rotted your teeth instantly and crust who almost always demanded…
Pump it Up
memoir: People usually reference the start of life at birth, but for me, it all started in the third grade. paper for a humanities class: In her short stories, Flannery O’Connor uses grace like a sledgehammer to pound her protagonists into submission by subjecting them to her standards of morality. church talk: Missionary work seems hard until…
Text Message Rewrite
Original: Hey, are we still meeting up for lunch? Don’t forget to meet for lunch today! I’ll see you at 12 for lunch. Where did you want to meet for lunch? We’re feeding the bellies at 12, right? Can you still make 12 for lunch? I can’t wait to eat lunch with you today! I’m…
I Hope They Call Me On A Mission – Discourse Community
“Don’t forget to call the DL and report our weekly stats, I bet he doesn’t believe us when we mention how many MP it is… Or just imagine the AP’s faces! This has been the best week ever!” Within the LDS community, there are several niches of discourse communities, tonight, I am going to be…
Author Interview Style
Even though she focuses on Young Adult Literature, Jenny Han’s speaking style is also present in her interviewing capabilities. In her interview with Publisher’s weekly, she related her initial thought process on the storylines and ideas that were present in her books. While I was younger, I love reading her novels and feeling like I…
6 Word Memoir
To over-analyzing happiness stumps joy.
Tweeting with a Dash of Style
Chapter 1 – The Period There is an unwritten rule of sounding out words and continuing on and on until you eventually find your relief. Ah, the dot. Or, it comes quick. Chapter 2 – The Comma Sometimes, when relief of the dot is approaching slowly, hardly coming, or never going to make it, commas help throughout. Chapter…
Jamie Boyer - Stylistic Writing 