Writing Style Teacher Resources

This article, written by a college creative writing instructor, gives advice about developing a writer's voice. There are six sections with specific suggestions for improving your writing. While the source of this page is a site about...

A good reference to consider when writing professionally (as in business/technical writing). Includes brief structural examples.

What does the editing process consist of for your students? Use this informative site to learn more about editing.

This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the...

As students become more aware of text complexity, an understanding of the formal properties of literature becomes more important. This is an excellent examination of the kinds of choices writers make that change the way readers receive...

This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."

This site is concerned with writing any kinds of items in a series. It verbally and graphically illustrates parallel structure, and shows how to punctuate a series.

A lengthy page of rules regarding how to use numbers in writing, as well as how to write lists. Very helpful.

This site provides tips and activities to help students develop voice in their writing. The tips are brief and direct and, if followed, should help a writer improve both voice and confidence.

Analogies are useful when communicating ideas that a reader wouldn't otherwise understand. This tutorial explains how to use analogy in writing.

Part of larger website devoted to sentence structure, grammar, and writing skills, this tutorial teaches the subject of a sentence--the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

Straightforward tutorial explaining the rules about numbers in writing.

Irony, puns, and sarcasm are some of the toughest concepts in English. This video attempts to explain all three.

Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.

The creator of the "nonfiction novel," Truman Capote, who established his career as a Southern gothic writer, crossed the line between journalism and fiction. This biography provides his background and information about his writing and...

A discussion of the literary devices used by Shakespeare in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Each device is linked to additional pages with more detailed information and examples.

After studying encyclopedia entries for structure and writing style, create unlikely encyclopedia articles for things in your life. If you really can't think of any, press the writing prompt generator button to get a few ideas. Do your...

After studying dictionary entries including structure and writing style, create unlikely dictionary entries for things in your life. If you really can't think of any, press the button on the generator to get a few ideas. Do your best to...

After studying the structure and writing style of resumes, create an unlikely resume for a specific thing in your life. What in your life might need to apply for another job some day, maybe when you are done with it? Your car? Your bed?...

An analysis of Bernard Malamud's writing style can be found here from Georgetown University. The article discusses the typical themes, characters, settings, and gives a comparison of his works to other famous authors.

This site provides a commentary on the writing style and works of William Dean Howells.

H.H. Munro, also known as Saki, was a British writer known for his short stories. Read "The Yarkand Manner" short story as an example of his writing style.

This site gives a description of Hafiz's poetry and his writing style. The author of the site also makes reference to the importance of Hafiz and his work to the people of Persia and India.

This brief analysis of Buson's writing style is followed by several examples of his works.