Literary style in writing refers to the unique way of writing a piece of literary work. The combination of word choice, figurative language, irony, pun, sentence formation all work together to create an effect through which a story is told. To identify literary style, the diction or the style of the author’s word choice, sentence structure, the tone or the mood of the story should be considered. In this regard, the Pulitzer Prize winner and membership in the Academy of Arts and Letters, the American author Anne Tyler is one of the best kinds of longetivity and stands apart in her writing style with her choice of words and connectivity. Tyler’s writing style sounds like a luxury, a dream come to life, with a tone of realism. The major themes in her books include families and its complications like marital tensions, sibling rivalry, human attachment and women running away seeking better prospects. On reading through the pages, the reader could even realize a part of himself or his family mates through Tyler’s endearing and eccentric characterization.

Writing style, connectivity, longetivity, realism, complications.