Advanced Essay Writing: Style & Styles in Prose

The goal of this course is to expand the writer's sense of style by increasing sensitivity to tools such as metaphor, humor, irony, and voice. Through assigned readings and class discussions, individual and small group conferences with the professor, and intensive revision, students will experiment with distinctive stylistic options. In the process, they will sharpen their awareness of audience and develop ways to craft powerful prose through vivid description, attention to rhythm, and use of different sentence types.