The writing style of Mark Twain is unique in that it sets him apart from other writers of his era on account of the use of vernacular speech and the brilliance of dialogues used in his stories and novels. Some other features of his style of writing are diction, syntax, figurative language, rhythm, rhetorical pattern and theme, as given below.Mark Twain’s Word Choice - Mark Twain is highly acclaimed for his diction and word choice. In terms of diction, sometimes he becomes formal, sometimes informal, while at some places, he becomes journalistic, showing a proclivity to turn to his professional expertise. He himself was highly conscious of using words, and specifically the right word. This passage from his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, shows this fact. It could be seen that he has used the word “bread” at the right place along with “work” which has different meanings here. This is an example of his formal diction.I got a good place amongst the leaves, and set there on a log, munching the bread and watching the ferry-boat, and very well satisfied. And then something struck me. I says, now I reckon the widow or the parson or somebody prayed that this bread would find me, and here it has gone and done it. So there ain’t no doubt but there is something in that thing —that is, there’s something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don’t work for me, and I reckon it don’t work for only just the right kind.
