K/H Project: "Miss Wise, what do you mean by an author's style?"

When we're talking about the style of a piece of writing, we're talking about how the piece was written. Not so much the plot and characters, but how these things were written. You could write the same story - same settings, same characters - in a hundred ways and make each one stylistically different.

Some things you can consider: 

• The organization and structure 
• The use of figurative language (what purpose does it serve?)
• Complexity of sentence structures
• The use of symbols (what are they used for? how are they used?)
• POV - 1st person, 3rd person, etc.
• Characterization (indirect, direct)
• Tone (How does the author feel about this subject? If you're reading fiction, can you detect the tone of the narrator? Does this tone change?)

I found some notes that I think might help you with this part of the project - enjoy!
Style Notes