7th Block Grammar & Composition

Friday, October 10, 2014

Reading Renders Better Readers...and Writers!

I Write Like...

Since we've been thinking about how what we read inspires or influences what we write, I thought it might be fun for you to check out a website I've seen that analyzes a bit of your own writing and tells you what published author your writing is similar to. I tried it with one of my blog posts and evidently I write like Edgar Allan Poe!. Interesting. Go to I Write Like and try it yourself. Leave a comment on this post telling us your results and what you think of the results.  Have you read any of the author's work? What are some of the titles?   If you are unfamiliar with your author, research who this person is and some of the titles he or she has written.  See what you think!  Share your findings with us! 

19 comments:

  1. I got Kurt Vonnegut I didn't know who he was at first, but looking him up he seems pretty interesting.

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  2. I write like Arthur Clarke. I'm not sure who he is, but after researching him, he sounds very interesting.

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  3. Apparently I write like Mario Puzo. Who knew I wrote like the author of The Godfather?

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  4. I write like Stephan King, and from what I know he writes really scary and messed up books like Carrie. So that's kind of disturbing.

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  5. Stephen King. I'm rather shocked because he writes a lot of sad and and dark stories.

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  6. I write like Douglas Adams. He is apparently known for A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and he wrote three stories for Doctor Who.

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  7. Apparently I write like Stephan King, I knew he was a dark writer. I guess I didn't see myself like that.

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  8. I write like
    Cory Doctorow.
    Not sure what that means.
    He seems to write a lot of boring books.

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  9. I write like Gertrude Stein. She was an American writer of novels, poetry, and plays.

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  10. I apparently write like Chuck Palahniuk, who happens to be the author of Fight Club. Hmm...

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  11. I write like
    William Gibson
    I have mixed emotions about this.

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  12. Apparently I write like Chuck Palahniuk. He is the author of Fight Club. I don't know how accurate this is, but I'm okay with it.

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  13. I write like James Joyce. I have never heard of him, but apparently he's a pretty big author.

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  14. I guess I write like Margaret Atwood, and she is a Canadian poet, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.

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  15. I write like J.D. Salinger. I've never read anything by him, but he's the author of The Catcher in the Rye so that's pretty interesting.

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  16. I write about J.K. Rowling which is awesome because harry potter is great!!

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  17. I write like J.K. Rowling, but I think I got her because I am reading Harry Potter and put my book response in about Harry Potter. I put my this I believe paper in and I write like Anne Rice.

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  18. I write like Cory Doctorow, whom I've never heard of before. Apparently he is a science fiction author and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing

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