What Is Style?
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Session 1: Sentence Style

“Style” is something writers talk about a great deal, but often without a clear sense of what we’re talking about. In this first session, we’ll try to break through the vagueness of our usual ways of talking about prose style to examine the concrete, observable elements that make it up. How can we meaningfully describe a writer’s diction? What are some useful concepts for seeing patterns in sentence structure and understanding their effects? How do great writers use figurative language to render both internal and external worlds? We’ll look at passages from Hemingway, James, and Jenny Zhang, among others. My hope is that at the end of the session you’ll feel equipped with tools that will help you learn from the style of the writers you love, and also be more conscious of and intentional about the elements that make up your own style.