Stylistics and Writing Instruction
Stylistics is defined as the study of language and craft in literature as well as other written texts. It explains the structure and effects of a given text. Stylistic analysis involves describing the linguistic features of a text as well as critically analyzing those features. (Curzan and Adams, 2012)
According to Dr. Wong Fillmore, "written texts are informationally dense" and can be challenging for English language learners to interpret. (Teaching grammar. Available through EDIC 5423 English Linguistics online course).
Language has both the power and ability to shape our expectations and actions.
According to Curzan, "English is a museum of older pronunciations" (Denham and Lobeck, p. 143, 2005).
Curzan and Adams (2012) explain that good writing is cohesive and is tied together through the following properties:
People should write about what they know for the most success. (Denham and Lobeck, 2005)
According to Dr. Wong Fillmore, "written texts are informationally dense" and can be challenging for English language learners to interpret. (Teaching grammar. Available through EDIC 5423 English Linguistics online course).
Language has both the power and ability to shape our expectations and actions.
According to Curzan, "English is a museum of older pronunciations" (Denham and Lobeck, p. 143, 2005).
Curzan and Adams (2012) explain that good writing is cohesive and is tied together through the following properties:
- Repetition of words across sentence
- Use of synonyms to create semantic connections
- Use of collocation
People should write about what they know for the most success. (Denham and Lobeck, 2005)
Terms to know
Genres: Types of texts that tend to occur in or are associated with specific contexts of social occasions (Examples: expository essays, business writing, editorials, opinion pieces, poetry)
Registers: varieties of language defined by use as opposed to dialects (such as formal or informal English depending on the context)
Cohesion: set of linguistic features or forms that create ties across sentences.
Narrative: a way for speakers to relate past experiences or imagined ones. A narrative includes an abstract, orientation, complicating action, evaluation, resolution, and summary.
Direct speech: speech that is quoted verbatim in written text
Indirect speech: speech that is reported secondhand in text
Diction: refers to word choice in text; significantly affects style of a given text
Registers: varieties of language defined by use as opposed to dialects (such as formal or informal English depending on the context)
Cohesion: set of linguistic features or forms that create ties across sentences.
Narrative: a way for speakers to relate past experiences or imagined ones. A narrative includes an abstract, orientation, complicating action, evaluation, resolution, and summary.
Direct speech: speech that is quoted verbatim in written text
Indirect speech: speech that is reported secondhand in text
Diction: refers to word choice in text; significantly affects style of a given text
Implications for teachers of ELLs
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