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Mind Map by Benjamin Mark Cottam, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Benjamin Mark Cottam
almost 6 years ago
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Description
ELEMENTS OF STYLE
1 DICTION
1.1 Author's Choice Of
Words
1.2 Don't Skip Words You
Don't Know
1.3 Draws The Reader In
1.4 Denotation
(Dictionary
Definition)
1.5 Connotation
(Suggested Meaning)
1.6 Complexity...Only
Sometimes
2 DETAIL
2.1 Facts, Observations, and Incidents
2.2 Precise Mental Picture
2.3 Sometimes by a Lack of Detail
2.4 Usually Lots of Details
2.5 Choose Detail With Care
3 IMAGERY
3.1 Verbal Representation Of Sensory Experience
3.2 Sight: Visual
3.3 Sound: Auditory
3.4 Touch: Tactile
3.5 Taste: Gustatory
3.6 Smell: Olfactory
4 SYNTAX
4.1 The Way Words Are Arranged
4.2 Word Order
4.3 Sentence Length
4.4 Sentence Focus
4.5 Invert Subject And Verb
5 TONE
5.1 Expression Of Attitude
5.2 Implied Attitude Toward Reader
5.3 Important To Understand Meaning