Craft of Research-Chapter 17

One thing I particularly like about this book is that it gives examples of the points it is trying to make. Chapter 17 does exactly that. The point of this chapter is to make writers understand style. Three examples of the same point are giving all written with different styles. This example is used to point out what effective style is. The aim of an effective style is to convey your points in a clear manner that still keeps the readers interest. One important point this chapter makes is that the information within it should be used when revising not when drafting. If this information were to be used in the drafting process the writer would likely get unnecessarily frustrated. This chapters helps a writer analyze the sentence structure to be sure the writing is clear. For sentences, this chapter teaches us that old information goes first so it logically follows that new, more complex information should go at the end of a sentence.