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My Writing Style Analysis

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I do write in a different voice than the one that I use in my personal day-to-day interactions, but it also depends on the style of writing and the situation. There are various kinds of papers that I have had to write in my academic career, such as, persuasion, argumentative, literature reviews, research, reflections, compare and contrast or descriptive. My voice in these different types of papers changes depending on the style I am writing; I am still the same person, just portraying my personality and voice in a different way. I believe this is one of the easiest ways to appeal to a certain audience and to attract people to read your writing. Developing a unique voice when you write is important to make your work stand out. It will make …show more content…

I do this mostly by trying to make my writing sound just like me when I am not on paper. Portraying my writing to sound like me on the page is hard to do at times though. To achieve my goal of making my writing sound like my genuine voice, I use different writing styles and techniques. I use a lot of personal experiences that the audience could relate to. These experiences could be emotional, exciting or humorous, whichever is appropriate for that type of writing. The next technique I use in my personal writing is to describe the setting and details as much as possible so that the readers can know what it was like in all senses. The last technique that I try to use in my writing is to adopt a different approach or perspective. I attempt to go about sentence structure differently and use new words or different transitional phrases. This last technique is something I really struggle with though, I have been trying to work on it. As for writing verses speaking, I somewhat write differently than I speak out loud. As a college student, I really only have to speak super formal when I am around my colleagues, boss or professors. The majority of my time is spent with friends or classmates and we can speak informally to each other using slang or cuss words. This is not how I would talk in a formal setting, and I typically write formally for my academics. For my academic writing, I use correct grammar and spelling, do not use contractions, and think about the organization of my words, which I would not do if I was

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