Literary Conventions	Style
Plot Style Free Indirect Discourse Theme Time and Space Conventions Spirituality Characterization   Selection List: Works Examined: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Sula by Toni Morrison Meridian by Alice Walker   Literary Conventions   Questions and Exercises	"Style" is a literary term referring to the author's manner of writing and conveying ideas.  Style suggests the author's voice and individual use of language.  It is the organization of thoughts into phrases and statements reflecting the author's unique mode of writing. Styles of writing are often analyzed and assigned descriptive terms such as expressive, technical, ornate, or abstract, to name few.
	Program content by Violet Bryan,Ph.D. and Robin Vander