In your initial post, use the Argument Today reading concerning plain style and elevated style to provide examples from the articles. You should identify two specific passages from either text (Cruz or Motoko) that employ plain style and explain why they are exemplary of the point in Chapter 20. Then, do the same for elevated style. Both articles present plenty of examples; read closely!
Chapter 20 Plain Style:
Step 1: Find thea ction in the sentence and state it as a verb
Step 2: Put the "doer" of the action in the subject of the sentence
Step 3: Move the subject of the sentence (the doer) to an early place in the setence
Step 4: Minimize the use of prepositional phrases
Step 5: Replace complex words with simplers, common words
Step 6: Make your sentences breathing length.