This week's reading assignment had us choose between two different writing styles, the one by Thompson hit me specially because its emotive power. The way he managed to leverage the sad moment without doing cheap political propaganda, and instead touching readers in their emotions. There was also fiction and true facts mixed with such genius, that during the first reading I did not give too much attention to some data that seemed “strange”. For example, right there, in the same paragraph he is picking on G.W. Bush's inability to fight this or any other war Thompson writes “Fewer than 20 unarmed Suicide soldiers from some apparently primitive country somewhere on the other side of the world took out the World Trade Center and half the Pentagon with three quick and costless strikes on one day.” (2001). The image of the Pentagon semi destructed, as if saying that the heart of the defense of the country was hit, almost as there is no where to run.
That made me look for something that described his his personality and writing style, I was curious to know if he was actually bold as his article was showing.
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The result is a 5 pages long article for the Columbia Journalism Review telling all the whimsical sort of requests and moods of Thompson during the process of delivering articles within the defined deadlines. It focus mostly on the personality “Hunter's manuscript pages were themselves manic, bristling works of art designed to turn the long, tedious job of writing, editing, polishing, and retyping a manuscript into a task worth staying up for.” (Love, 2005, pg. 64) are the words used to describe how Thompson managed to engage the reader, so much that even the very long process of editing was paid of by the emotion it
Bill Clinton’s Address of the Oklahoma Bombing utilized the writing style of parallelism, in which he spoke with the American people of what they should do to remember the tragedy. Such uses included “Let us teach our children that the God of comfort is also the God of righteousness… Let us let our children know that we will
The main theory behind such writing is awakening the people back at home, and showing them the seriousness of the situation. Instead of sugar-coating details, or giving just positive accounts of war, it is essential to tell the peopl...
...tories dedicated to many more heroes of “the greatest generation.” He mentions a man by the name of Jack Hemingway, who parachuted into France behind enemy lines, where he was taken prisoner by the Germans, and a woman named Helen Strauss, who was nominated as New Jersey’s Psychologist of the Year in 1997 for her hard work and dedication to children and low-income families. She was also known as a great woman for her service in the Navy. Brokaw also mentions Bill Mauldin, a writer who “shared with those on the front lines as well as those at home the hard truths and dark humor of life at war.”(p381) With Brokaw’s use of “hard truths,” again, the image of savage fighting appears to the reader. Another picture comes forth in the reader’s mind from Brokaw’s use of “dark humor.” A picture of a bleak and cloudy memories that the soldier’s mask with a sense of humor.
Author Tim O’Brien in “How to Tell a True War Story” uses the physical and mental mindset of isolation in the Vietnam war to create a story with many literary devices that makes a captivating story. The author uses point of view, verbal irony, and the character Tim O’Brien to enhance his written experiences of the Vietnam War. This story teaches the reader that experiences that were lived by the reader can be altered by the mind to a certain extent, where they can be questioned as true or not. Perhaps at a sports game or in a heated situation such as a police chase or court case. Tim O’Brien’s experiences have captivated many readers, but are they true? Or just a product of insanity from war? Well, Tim O’Brien leaves that up to the reader to decide.
Rick Riordan’s writing style can be best described as courageous . His work emphasizes fighting with your inner demons and in this case it would be a young adult with Dyslexia and ADHD, this exemplifies themes of fortitude and persistence. Although he is recognized for being a mythical writer , he is also popular for addressing the difficulties a child could face with Dyslexia and portrays the importance of it. The defiant and friendly tone often shown in his work is typical of his writing style. The subject matter of his books reflects the troubling times of a 14 year old with Dyslexia trying to find his purpose and overcoming obstacles in his way. Ultimately, his literary worked served as an outlet for many American citizens from all
Kurt Vonnegut, a modern American writer, composed stories about fictional situations that occurred in futuristic versions of today’s world. His stories included violence, both upon oneself and one another, and characters who sought out revenge. In “2BR02B” and “Harrison Bergeron”, Vonnegut conveys physical violence most likely experienced while a prisoner of World War 2, as a way to show how war brings pain and destruction.
Tim Burton is noted for many of his mysterious, suspenseful, and thrilling movies. His childhood has influenced the way he writes, screens and portrays movies to his public audience and fans. Four of these outstanding films are Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride, and Coraline. In these movies, and many of his others, Tim Burton uses a variety of cinematic techniques to portray and express feelings felt by the characters, set the moods, scenes, and the story. Tim Burton uses lighting, sound, and camera angles in order to create a coherent movie with amusing, suspenseful and tragic scenes.
Through all of his courage, he found what he was looking for. He dug deep and went to the extremes that were not normal to himself. All of his work leads to his dynamic characteristics.
1. Have you established a writing style? What does it involve? What are the challenges you encounter when writing? What do you anticipate encountering when writing longer research papers?
Collecting evidences, gathering recourses, and providing reliable insights of a historical event are certainly not some easy tasks to perform for an author who has no first-hand experience of such event. Nevertheless, it is even more challenging for authors to re-organize, recount, and represent traumatic war-time memories to a body of audience with no direct experience of the intensely dangerous confrontations, especially belligerent experiences that happened abroad. To convey the anxiety and trauma resulted from extreme violence, moral conflicts and physio-psychological damages without unconsciously marginalizing any particular historical event, authors who write about traumatic experiences must be cautious when they try to visually and mentally
What is writing style? I started out thinking that writing style is a personal thing and that all writers have their own style. But, this way of thinking is really just a simple way to answer the question. After more careful thought, I realized that style is actually quite the opposite of personal and original. Style is a form of standardization. As writers, we all follow certain rules and guidelines to make our point. Style is these rules and guidelines.
The narration that Sarah Thornton uses to describe Hans Ulrich Obrist is portrayed in an optimistic way. Such writing directly effects readers, making them unable to form their own idea of a person. The struggle that nonfiction author’s face while trying to sketch out the characteristics of a person, without trying to seem biased, is a very difficult challenge. Meeting someone, and seeing how they interact with other people, leads to a self-conclusive opinion of that person. This makes it hard not to bring certain tones while writing about such an individual.
There are many different techniques a person can use to take notes in class. Some note taking styles are more helpful than others, but it all depends on what kind of notes a person likes writing. Three styles of note taking that are beneficial for people to use are Cornell, outline, and graph.
Contrary to popular conceptions of the term ‘style’, I have found that in the context of this class, as well as in the context of the books “Style Toward Clarity and Grace” by Joseph M. Williams and “The Elements of Style” by Strunk and White, that ‘style’ is not style in the sense that it is the way I write (in such as way as ‘everyone has their own unique style’). Style encompasses many elements to writing a cohesive, clear paper. However, I feel that in order to write a clear cohesive essay or paper, I must write in my own way, a way that I am familiar with. This may seem like it goes against something that would be in “The Elements of Style,” but it is not. Strunk and White clearly say in their book, “Write in a way that comes naturally.” (Strunk and White, 70).
After graduating high school in 1917, he decided not to attend college, even after his father’s urging. Instead, he went to report for the Kansas City Star, where his editor told him to “ ‘Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English’ ” ( qtd. in Harmon 2). This shaped his unique and simple writing style that stayed with him for the rest of his life (Harmon 2).