Characteristics of Style
Sets the feeling of the story
Tone
This is a two parter:
I like trains.
The bird was majestic and flew through the sky like a.................
Short and Sweet/Run on
Fancy Words, used for decorative purposes
ornate
Dank, Savage
Slang
This is as easy as pie
Simile
This will be as good as new.
Figure of Speech
I like books.
Simple Sentence
Uses several literary devices to make the reader think
Elaborative
That was very exciting
Formal
The curtain of darkness shielded us
Metaphor
A feeling an audience feels, generated from an authors style
Mood
I read the book, and it was very good.
Compound Sentences
Authors don't care about proper manners and write as if they talk to a friend
Informal
It is a Wednesday my dude.
Informal
The lightning danced across the sky
Personification
Slang, Formal, Informal...
Diction
I took the papers because I had to.
Complex Sentences
Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Imaginative
Creative
This ain't gonna be hard at all.
Colloquial
The bee buzzed along
Onomatopoeia
Authors carefully craft their plot, what else but they craft. ( Hint: They can be rather short)
Sentence Structure
I took the papers because I had to, but they were the wrong ones.
Compound Complex Sentences
Authors care about their writing and use proper words/structures
Formal
The beautiful and fluid waterfall was a symphony of colors
Vivid
If I told you once I told you a thousand times
(hint: hyper)
Hyperbole