Style Mapping

The excerpt from Neil Gaiman in Stardust, the author uses a literal and straight-to-the-point tone along with educated formality and a dull noise that is not harmonious nor clattering. In the more relaxed example, "the inhabitants of Wall are a taciturn breed," the author show's his scholarly vocabulary and chooses worlds that don't exactly produce and noisy or sweet sound. In another excerpt from The Mud Below, Annie Proulx creates a poetic and loose style that has somewhat of a country twang which creates a melodious sound. The first sentence is a perfect example of this country and lyrical tone: "Rodeo night in a hot little Okie town and Diamond Felts was inside a metal chute a long way from the scratch on Wyoming dirt he named as home." The last example I chose as the most serious and educational tone to it. In the excerpt from Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell says, "Wolf's first thought was that the Rosetans must have held on to some dietary practices form the Old World that left them healthier than other Americans." This statements supports his journalistic and precise denotation along with a organized formality, especially since most of his writings are influenced by his research.