Style Characterization Example

Function

Legislative Likes to create, invent, design, Likes doing science projects,

do things his or her way, writing poetry, stories, or

have little assigned structure. music, and creating original

artworks.

Executive Likes to follow directions, do Likes to solve problems, write

what he or she is told, be papers on assigned topics,

given structure. do artwork from models,

build from designs, learn

assigned information.

Judicial Likes to judge and evaluate Likes to critique work of

people and things. others, write critical essays,

give feedback, advice.

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Forms

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Monarchic Likes to do one thing at a time, Likes to immerse self in a

devoting to it almost all energy single project, whether art,

and resources. science, history, business.

Hierarchic Likes to do many things at once, Likes to budget time for

setting priorities for which to doing homework so that

do, when and how much time more time and energy is

and energy to devote to each. devoted to important

assignments.

Oligarchic Likes to do many thing at once, Likes to devote sufficient

but has trouble setting priorities. time to reading

comprehension items,

so may not finish

standardized verbal-ability

test.

Anarchic Likes to take a random approach Writes an essay in stream-of-

to problems, dislikes systems, consciousness form; in

guidelines, and practically all conversations jumps from

constraints. one point to another;

starts things but doesn’t

finish them.

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Levels

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Global Likes to deal with big picture, Writes an essay on the generalities, abstractions. global message and

meaning of a work of art.

Local Likes to deal with details, Writes an essay describing

specifics, concrete examples. the details of a work of art

and how they interact.

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Scope

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Internal Likes to work alone, focus Prefers to do science or social

inward, be self-sufficient. studies project on his or her

own.

External Likes to work with others, Prefers to do science or social

focus outward, be independent. studies project with other

members of a group.

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