What is style?

The question posed was: What is style?

I am assuming this is meaning what is style in writing. Whether that is what the question is or not, that is the question I intend to answer.

Style in writing is everything that makes writing exciting. It takes the mundane and turns it into something beautiful. Take an article in a newspaper, for example: it tells the story and does so accurately (hopefully). The best articles, however, also add things to make the story interesting and fun to read. The best writers in most media use style to make the writing simply better.

Examples of style are things like repetition, rhyming and alliteration. These things, if used well, can truly turn a piece of writing into something extraordinary.

The best example of style (and voice) in writing that I can think of to link people to is Rick Reilly. Reilly wrote for Sports Illustrated for years, and now writes for ESPN the Magazine. He is a columnist, and his writing is all about style. Here is a link to some of his stories: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/archives/rick_reilly/