The writing style of Thomas C. Foster in How to Read Literature like a Professor is quite different that those of the other authors I have read in the past. Foster presents the information in this novel in a style that is casual and passionate. For example, when he is writing about how authors use weather to depict a certain mood in their work the reader feels like he is holding a causal conversation with Foster rather than reading a bland paper on why rain causes a somber.

I really enjoy this style of writing and find that it makes reading the novel go by very quickly. Also, I think that this style of writing is a good approach to presenting the information given in How to Read Literature like a Professor because it is easy to write about certain topics in this book in a boring fashion. An example of this is when Foster is talking about how most literature pieces can be related back to the topics, themes and characters of Shakespeare's works. He finds interesting connections between Shakespeare and other works and writes about how "if you're reading a work and something sounds too good to be true you know where it is from". In my opinion, Foster's approach and writing style of this novel cause it to be a very enjoyable and causal read with valuable information.