Writing style

about what they were speaking about. They also had a lot of subtle little hints about the way the writer felt when they were writing it. They both were very distinct from each other’s writing and other writings in general. While Cheryl Strayed’s writing is about self-discovery and feeling lonely, Bill Bryson depends upon reflection and feeling reverent. Cheryl Strayed writing style is very distinctive in the way that she uses symbolism to relate to her life. What I mean by this is she speaks…

Academic writing is done in accordance of standard rules. Creative writing is done to the extent of the author’s imagination. Both formal and creative writing are forms of writing that use voice, evidence and structure, but are very different when it comes to fundamentals. The voice in academic writing often sets the tone of where the writing is headed. The voice in academic writing is also formal in addressing the topic and readers. While the voice in creative writing tends to have common…

Writing is a way to express one’s self. From analysing my writing style I could say it needs a little work. The multiple improvements I need to work on is adding in more details in my work; staying on topic, and using more complex vocabulary. Whether it’s how we feel or our opinion on something. When it comes to details I don’t provide enough information. I don’t provide enough information in my paragraphs. I tend to be confused on what to say and focus on. I have a problem with how to…

I never really thought about how my writing style as a nurse will reflect on my habits in my freshman writing class. In order to answer this very important question, I needed to talk to other nursing majors and do a little research. There are multiple components that go into a nursing paper. for starters, as nurses we use APA format, which we do not use in Comp1 & 2. As nurses, we need to know who our audience is, we have to modify our writing in order to meet our readers needs. Knowing how to…

weakness would always be forming the structure and have the same style of writing. With the cycles from EliReview, it allowed me to explore other student’s writings, which makes me realize other styles I can incorporate into my writing. In addition, I noticed my structure of writing improved exponentially due to the fact the cycle required the second draft in the same week, forcing me to edit my draft, which results in improvement of my writing structure. I did not include an essay for the…

consider myself to be a decent writer, even though writing is not my strong point. Therefore, as I have come to the completion of my degree, I have learned numerous writing skills along the way. I learned the MLA style, when I started taking my basics in college and the APA style for my upper division courses. At times I get confused on the formats as I consider them to be similar in some ways. Furthermore, they differ and each has its own different style of quoting and citation in articles,…

some writing strategies I have incorporated into my writing style? Until this year I have never used a specific way of writing, I have always just written down what comes to my mind and then edited it to make it sound better. While being in dual English I have learned some new skills that will have a significant change in my writing, and I have decided to start incorporating these writing strategies to help my writing skills grow, they are, brainstorming, outlining what I am going to be writing…

After I received my latest essay, the “Financial life lesson” I was given helpful advice on how to further improve my writing. Taking a look at the feedback, I found out that one of my weakest points was writing sentences. Often than not they were just written out poorly making them awkward to read. To prevent writing awkward sentences, make sure to proofread out loud. Doing this will ensure you to hear for any awkward sentences. Awkward sentences also come from having too many unnecessary words…

Goerke, 2010). Using parallel words in each sentence can help the reader better understand the ideas (Grellier & Goerke, 2010). In my writing am have developed this skill from feedback I received from smart thinking (www.smarthinking.com) earlier in my degree. I understand the use of the same or a similar word makes my writing more understandable. In my writing I find it easy to remember the right use of apostrophes, I use simple phrase from Grellier & Goerke (2010), such as always using an…

While reading London’s two stories he portrayed an exceedingly vivid writing style. A very well executed example of this would be how London constantly used long and descriptive sentences in his story letting his vivid writing style shine through. An example of this in his story “Love Of Life” would be, “Near the horizon the sun was smoldering dimly, almost obscured by formless mists and vapors, which gave an impression of mass and density without outline of tangibility” is right in the…