Styles in Handbook

DKHB Style

I found this to be one of the more benefiting sources, it wasn't as old school and seemed to get to the point. By addressing your audience through either Academic, Workplace, or Popular writing, I found that this helps the writer get points across. You must find a tone in your writing and write for the audience that will read your words. Somewhere in the reading it said something along the lines of, "You need to ask how your choices will help your readers understand your purpose", this quote was a good point. How will I make the correct choices in helping my reader understand my argument?

Hill and Brooks

I enjoyed the Hill reading more than Brooks', but thought they both had something informative to offer. Hill did a good job of offering terms and styles, and then defining them. By using the different styles he offers--Dry,Plain,Elegant, Florid, and Bombastic-- we'll have an ability to see different ways to communicate our purpose to our writers. Hill claims that style is the way in which thought is expressed, and I happen to agree with him. 

Brooks gives us scenarios and techniques to learn through trial and error. I didn't have a chance to practice any of these, but appreciated the summary of his thoughts at the end of his reading. Brooks want the writer to own their sentences, and he gives us many different way of doing this. While reading through his peace, it felt a little daunting, but this is more of a textbook example.