FIRST-PERSON ADOLESCENT STORYTELLERS AND VIRGINIA TUFTE’S ARTFUL SENTENCES: SYNTAX AS STYLE

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dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Kristin
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T09:44:31Z
dc.date.available2022-06-30T09:44:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tuft illustrates how grammar, word choice, and syntax strategies help to generate the perfect juxtaposition of words and punctuation that will make each sentence pop (Clark). Tufte’s handbook includes examples from a variety of texts; for example, John Keats, Andy Warhol, Ernest Hemingway, Julia Child’s The Joy of Cooking, and more. However, there is a noticeable lack of adolescent narrators in Tufte’s smorgasbord of literature examples. This lack is significant, due to the popularity of first-person narrators in adolescent literature. Therefore, in order to analyze whether Tufte’s syntax strategies can also be applied to first-person adolescent narrators, two contrasting teenage protagonists were examined: Matilda, in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Fever 1793, and Saba, in Moira Young’s Blood Red Road. The final analysis illustrates that Virginia Tufte’s syntax strategies, in Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, are equally effective when applied to first-person adolescent storytellers, particularly strategies that include verbs, fragments, and the creation of cohesiveness. Keywords: adolescent fiction, grammar, first-person narration, Virginia Tuft, creative writing strategies, young adult fictionen_US
dc.identifier.citationLeonard, K. (2020). First-person adolescent storytellers and Virginia Tufte’s Artful sentences: Syntax as style. Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, 7(1). http://journaldialogue.org/issues/v7-issue-1/first-person-adolescent-storytellers-and-virginia-tuftes-artful-sentences-syntax-as-style/en_US
dc.identifier.issn2378-2331
dc.identifier.urihttp://journaldialogue.org/issues/v7-issue-1/first-person-adolescent-storytellers-and-virginia-tuftes-artful-sentences-syntax-as-style/
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/6352
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dc.publisherDialogue, 7(1)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy;Volume 7, Issue 1 — Bodies in Motion: Challenging Imagery, Tradition, and Teaching
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dc.subjectType of access: Open Accessen_US
dc.titleFIRST-PERSON ADOLESCENT STORYTELLERS AND VIRGINIA TUFTE’S ARTFUL SENTENCES: SYNTAX AS STYLEen_US
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