On page 139 Neman discusses the use of colorful language and rythmic syntax. This is something that I have considered a lot in my writing since a paper I wrote my sophomore year where my professor told me that, though my writing was fundamentally solid, it was very dry and boring and should include more of my personality. Now when I write, I try to use a number of things to “spice up” my writing. Sometimes this are structural things like rhyming or alliteration. Frequently, I try to make things livlier by injecting a lot of humor and colorful words and imagery into my papers.

On this topic, my question is – how much is too much? Is there a point in which the content of the writing is overlooked because it is overshadowed by stylistic decisions that were made?