What Is The Stylistic Choice In Andrew Pike's Final Explosion?

Writing is examined in the first chapter of “Writing about Writing”, a textbook by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs. Not only does it examine articulate writing, but specifically the threshold Concepts of writing: “ideas that change the way you think, write, and understand a subject,” (Wardle, Downs 2011). Terms are used to educate readers, these terms are essential for the writer to better understand how to write, and for the reader to better understand composition. Three terms seem to do this; construct, contingency, and rhetoric.

2. Think of two different writing situations you have found yourself in. What did you need to do the same in those two situations to place your writing appropriately?

These differing lengths of sentences allow his writing to flow, get the reader directly to the point, and cause some sentences to stick out. In the middle of this chapter, Gladwell introduces the physician, Stewart Wolf. In the next four paragraphs following his introduction of Wolf, Gladwell places a sentence of just four words at the beginning of each paragraph. He uses sentences like “Wolf was a physician”, “Wolf was taken aback”, “Wolf decided to investigate”, and “The results were astonishing” (pg. 5-7). Each of these sentences jumps out from the paragraph and smoothly notifies the reader of Gladwell’s main intent for that paragraph. Gladwell also uses a mix of long and short sentences in the middle of his paragraphs. On page six, he writes, “This was the 1950s, years before the advent of cholesterol-lowering drugs and aggressive measures to prevent heart disease. Heart attacks were an epidemic in the United Sates. They were the leading cause of death in men under the age of sixty-five”. In this case, Gladwell sandwiches the short sentence by two longer sentences giving it most of the reader’s attention. Alike to Gladwell’s use of varying sentence length, he uses dashes and italics to emphasize certain words and phrases.

In “To Read like a Writer” Mike Bunns introduces how writing is “a series of choices” with an account of his past as an employee at a theatre. As he was trying to concentrate on his reading, he had an epiphany that literary works are all “a series of choices”(Bunns 72). He then transitions to his main claim of how reading like a writer allows for the reader to determine whether or not to adopt the same style as the piece that the text may have. He breaks this down into subsections that readers need to observe before they tackle the writing, such as context, genre, and publication. Additionally, he points out the necessity to makes notes while reading the

There are many different forms and styles used in writing. Writing is a form of communication that is used to document and express ideas people have. Through the years as people grow and learn knew ways of writing, writing awareness of a person will evolve into a much higher level of thinking. From the first term paper a person writes in high school to the papers they hand in at the college level, the writing will have matured over the years. The authors of writing develop new and more sophisticated ways in expressing themselves through the words they use in writing. Throughout history writers have found ways in which they can achieve the goals of gaining the readers attention and keep them interested. A good form of

Teachers, parents, and friends often tell students exactly what the writing process should entail and how long it should take. However, the older I get, the more I realize that the writing process varies not only from person to person, but also from one writing project to the next. Throughout my years of life, I have written countless papers, ranging from a persuasive speech to an extensive research paper, and each project requires an altered version of my personal writing process. While each individual has his own writing process, there can be many similarities between different writing processes. Finding one’s individual writing process takes trial, error, and repetition. When an individual finally uncovers his unique writing process, better thought, work, and writing is produced.

Effectively, his deliberate use of syntax creates a structure in his essay which immerses the reader into the passage and allows his message to be conveyed. Often in the essay, he adopts compound-complex sentence structures to maximize his level of description and to fully establish the imagery he intends to create. Moreover, when he establishes depictions of action, motion, and speed, he creates considerably longer compound-complex sentences; using five or more clauses and at least one dash to thoroughly depict action, to eliminate any sense of pause, and to fully intrigue his readers. Such a usage of syntax is also parallel to when he writes that “...it was filled with motion, speed.” His lack of “and” but rather the word “speed” preceding a comma further represents the elimination of a sense of pause and his use of syntax in order to create a sense of speed and intensity. In the last paragraph, he continues his extensive use of compound-complex sentences and he suddenly slows down and ends his final part on shorter complex sentences.

I found “Shitty First Draft” interesting due to humorous tone remains throughout the essay. After reading this paper, I realized how important to convey different tones of writing in accordance with the situation or the story you are telling; it is reflective of your writing style, current mood and even your point of view towards certain subject matters. For example, in “Shitty First Draft”, the author reveals some facet of writers in face of challenging themselves to finish writing. Instead of being calm and relaxed, those writers are anxious and worrisome as the author states, “It is not like you don't have a choice---because you do---you can either type or kill yourself.” By telling the readers a few writing stories in an amusing way, the author successfully makes the difficulty of writing understandable to the readers. It is like telling yes, I understand your pain because I went through it before and everyone did. By doing so, the author makes herself approachable to the students who struggle with writing and those potential readers are now more willing to listen to her advice.

The first element analyzed is the writer; the main representative of this element is mentioned to be the student. In a broad analysis, Lindemann highlights the different types of student´s ages, ideas, experiences and backgrounds that influence their writing process. I agree with Lindemann, all these differences put together are a decisive factor when putting thoughts in paper. My own background as a Hispanic that lived most of my life in Mexico combined with my age and life experiences will definitely be a fundamental part of the ideas and thoughts I put in paper when

Some elements of writing (development, organization, style) fit task, purpose and/or audience; others are mismatched.

Advancing in my critical thinking skills is as important as my writing skills. I have to take the appropriate steps in continuing to engage the readers throughout the writing process. Writing is crucial as a student and everyday life because it is a form of communication. I will utilize the necessary resources to assist me in applying the lessons being instructed for completion of each assignment in accordance with the University guidelines. Allowing myself to create an outline for the topic before the rough draft is setting

The writing process, not only taught us the three writing processes, but also writing in a style appropriate to audience and purpose. Having the audience and purpose of writing or reading is the first strategy to writing or reading. The more you know who your audience are, their background, cultural or belief system, the more you will have an idea on how to make your writing appealing to them and accomplish your purpose. Like I pointed out in the first paragraph, until now, I never considered who my audience for my writing will be and this I believe has defeated my purpose over time. Knowing my audience before each writing has gone a long way to influence my tone, diction and structure of my writings……(explain). Discovering the importance of the audience has been very insightful to the purpose of my writing through the learning

Throughout the story, Coupland breaks nearly every paragraph with asterisks. This is one of the most noticeable aspects to his style in this story. By breaking the paragraphs apart like this he accomplishes two things effectively: 1) reading for the audience is made easier by grouping single thoughts and breaking up text. 2) It gives a journalistic feel to the main characters experience – like it is his diary. The “diary entry” style really puts emphasis on the isolation aspects of being in a remote location with only single thoughts being given at a time; which also leaves a little mystery as to what is happening to the main character when he isn’t “writing down/giving” his thoughts for the audience. The overall feel to the story is very comedic, satirical and reinforced by the choice of language.

Moreover, it’s crucial that I understand and make use of the particular conventions of each of these genres of writing. In my quest to reach those goals and be a more successful writer, I know I need to practice time-management, honing my writing skills, collaboration; in terms of the review and revision process, as well as focusing on the best strategies to properly convey the desired affect on the work’s audience.

In writing, as in other kinds of production, the process directly affects the quality of the product. If we prepare a meal quickly, assembling poor ingredients without much thought or attention, we aren’t likely to end up with a tasty dish. The best chefs, like the best writers, refine their methods and think carefully about what they are doing, with close attention to detail to