Comparison of letter styles

DIY chart – a comparison of letter styles

 

Sort the following list of letter styles into ‘Celie’ and ‘Nettie’.  Some are open to debate!

 

Frank	Short	Later – straightforward
Gripping	Addressed to God/Nettie	At times simply tells it as she sees it without commenting on the horror
No unnecessary ‘frills’	Travel writing	Later – limited vocabulary
Sense of struggle in her life – reader immediately drawn into her world	Addressed to Celie	Direct echoes speech
Echoes school book ‘speak’	Informative	Writes as a child (starts when 14)
Uneducated	Later – more fluent	Very immediate
Childlike expression	Concentrated impact	Later – more complex sentences
Curt observations	Unique	Focuses on immediate people and relationships/events
Sense of urgency	Descriptive	Later – limited understanding
Grey	Missionary style	Later – use of dialogue is vigorous/convincing
Dull	Later – uncomplicated	Later – some figurative language
Like a missionary article in magazine	Writes when young but always feels more adult because of language skills	The more words are used the less we relate simply to Nettie – she writes of others and includes herself occasionally
Writes about much wider issues/themes	Tries to paint a vivid picture for Celie	Long
Historical	Prim

 

Now copy and complete a grid like the one below, and drop the correct phrases into the relevant column.

 

                          CELIE                                                   NETTIE