Question

What is a stylistic element?
I really need help for a paper.

Answer 1

And a little information about each one please.

Answer 2

Well Style is : The distinctive and unique manner in which a writer arranges words to achieve particular effects. Style essentially combines the idea to be expressed with the author's individuality. These arrangements include individual word choices as well as matters such as the length of sentences, their structure, tone, and use of irony.

Heres an example in Katharyn Howd Machan's poem "Hazel Tells Laverne"

last night
im cleanin out my
howard johnsons ladies room
when all of a sudden
up pops this frog
musta come from the sewer
swimmin aroun an tryin ta
climb up the sida the bowl
so i goes ta flushm down
but sohelpmegod he starts talkin
bout a golden ball
an how i can be a princess
me a princess
well my mouth drops
all the way to the floor
an he says
kiss me just kiss me
once on the nose
well i screams
ya little green pervert
an i hitsm with my mop
an has ta flush
the toilet down three times
me
a princess

The diction/word choice in the poem helps the reader see that the speaker isn't just a pretty girl who lives in a fairy tale. She also isn't very educated. Even without the title, because of the style "last night/ im cleanin out my/ howard johnsons ladies room/ when all of a sudden" (1-4) you would be able to see that this is a monologue. The suspense in the separation of sentences shows she's leading into the telling of a story. Hazel is actually telling the story to Laverne.

Answer 3

Thank you so much! @SayHey2012

Answer 4

Don't forget to close the question, :).