Writing styles

Paragraph Writing Paragraph Writing: Take a wild guess as to what will you say to describe a paragraph? From whatever you may know so far, many students describe paragraphs as what consists the story, or a set of sentences that are grouped together to form a paragraph or a set of sentences that cover half a page of your story, and so on. Although these ideas may look true in many instances, they don’t really define what the idea behind a paragraph is. This is one of those subtle things in English writing that never really gets explained on priority making it one of those commonly used things that are barely understood. Which is why this read is going to be great. A Paragraph explaining Paragraph The true intent of a paragraph is to express coherent points. It could be one sentence or through many sentences. The idea or what we call the “main idea” of the paragraph always flows in one direction. As soon as this idea changes, we change the paragraph too. So what goes i...

Dialogue Do you remember a specific favorite line of a movie or a book that you liked? Probably said by your favorite character in a movie, play or book. Well, that line is a dialogue. “May the force be with you.” ( Star Wars ) This dialogue is quite famous if you are a fan of the movie series –  star wars . Chances are you don’t recognize the movie, being a millennial. But it was as huge as probably Harry Potter if a parallel must be drawn. Anyway, to come to the point- dialogues can become quite legendary and dialogue writing is quite an art. In this chapter, we are going to decipher this one by one and will use many fun examples. Dialogues – Talk to Me A dialogue is a verbal conversation between two or more people. When in writing, a dialogue is a way of showing a story instead of explaining one through writing. Through a dialogue, the writer allows the reader to know the characters first hand and interpret the characteristics and story themselves. Di...

Letter Writing Before the advent of modern technology made communication so easy, the art of writing a letter was considered an important requirement. Even today a letter is an important means of communication in both the workspace as well as our personal lives. So let us educate ourselves with the nuances of letter writing. Now that E-mails and texts and other such forms have become the norm for communication, the art of letter writing has taken a backseat. However, even today a lot of our communication, especially the formal kind, is done via letters. Whether it is a cover letter for a job, or the bank sending you a reminder or a college acceptance letter, letters are still an important mode of communication. Which is why it is important that we know the intricacies of letter writing. (Source: npr) Types of Letters Let us first understand that there are broadly two types of letter, namely Formal Letters, and Informal Letters. But then there are also a few types of le...

Letter Writing Format – Sample Letters, Formal Letter, Informal Letter, Letter to the Government A letter is one person's written message to another pertaining to some matter of common concern. Letters are of two types – 1.  Formal Letter 2. Informal Letter    Formal Letter A Letter written for a formal purpose is called a Formal letter. It addresses a serious issue. Let us discuss the types of formal letter - Types of Formal letter 1. Letter to the editor 2. Letter to the Government 3. Letter to the police 4. Letter to the principal 5. Order letter 6. Complaint letter 7. Inquiry letter 8. Business letter 9. Application letter FORMAL LETTER FORMAT Format of a Formal Letter includes: The following points need to be taken into consideration while writing a Formal letter- a. A Formal Letter strictly follows the  prescribed Format  for writing a Formal Letter. b. Use of colloqui...