literary style
Author's written manner
Literary style is the distinctive way a writer uses language—their characteristic choices in sentence structure, diction, rhythm, and tone.
Style distinguishes Hemingway's spare prose from Faulkner's dense sentences.
A writer may cultivate different styles for different purposes, but recognizable patterns usually emerge: Her literary style favors long, winding sentences and archaic vocabulary.
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
postmodernism · imagery · prose · purple prose · realism · magic realism · allegory · register · epistolary · interior monologue · diction · hyperbole · voice · point of view · first person · third person · cadence · pacing
- author biographybirth date, death date, birthplace, childhood, education
- writing stylediction, tone, prose, flair, word choice
- SatyriconMenippean satire, Roman banquet
- fictionfiction, novel, novels, novella, novellas
- translationtranslator, literal translation, free translation, French translation, interpreting
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
literary styleplot
Storyline or land parcel
content · subject matter · substance · theme · storyline
literary styleplain speech
Unembellished verbal expression
colloquial speech · vernacular · everyday language · spontaneous speech
literary styletechnical writing
Clear explanation of complexity
legal language · scientific writing · stylelessness · boilerplate · jargon