Persuasion, Chapter 1
Readers work hardest in paragraph 3.
2,494 words · 21 paragraphs
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Well-known writing, read the way Prosemetry reads yours
Thirteen texts, from Jane Austen to John F. Kennedy, run through the same analysis you get. They are grouped by the part of the Writing Galaxy each one lands in. Where a text lands describes the writing, not the writer, and no part of the Galaxy is better than another.
Reflective and Wide-Ranging
Long, thoughtful sentences in plain words, turning an idea over and following where it leads.
First Inaugural Address
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 2–10.
3,634 words · 38 paragraphs
Open the sample →A Room of One’s Own, from Chapter 1
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 1–6.
2,985 words · 6 paragraphs
Open the sample →The Golden Bowl, Chapter 1
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 1–4.
6,255 words · 55 paragraphs
Open the sample →“Homo Neanderthalensis”
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 4–12.
1,474 words · 12 paragraphs
Open the sample →Inaugural Address
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 31–34.
2,387 words · 35 paragraphs
Open the sample →Direct and Personal
Short, everyday sentences that read like someone talking or telling a story.
The Maltese Falcon, Chapters 1–2
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 105–109.
5,884 words · 182 paragraphs
Open the sample →The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapters 1–2
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 94–98.
4,580 words · 148 paragraphs
Open the sample →The Elements of Style: Elementary Principles of Composition
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 24–31.
1,418 words · 32 paragraphs
Open the sample →Technical and Precise
Specialist vocabulary in an impersonal voice, written for readers who know the field.
Welder’s Anthrax Treated with Obiltoxaximab — Louisiana, 2024
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 3–14.
2,204 words · 15 paragraphs
Open the sample →Assessing Eukaryotic Biodiversity in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary through Environmental DNA Metabarcoding
Readers work hardest in paragraphs 3–16.
4,809 words · 25 paragraphs
Open the sample →Guiding and Explaining
Walks readers through the material, showing how each point connects to the next.
Steady and Connected
Paragraphs of similar size, each picking up where the last left off.
Brief and Packed
Short sentences full of names, facts and specific words, moving quickly from item to item.
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Changing Pace
Sentence and paragraph lengths swing widely, from long, far-reaching sentences to short lines.
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Long and Even
The longest sentences in the library, in paragraphs of steady size.
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Each sample opens read-only: you can explore every step, but nothing can be edited or saved. All texts are in the US public domain except one research article, used under its Creative Commons licence: Sawaya, N. A., Djurhuus, A., Closek, C. J., Hepner, M., Olesin, E., Visser, L., Kelble, C., Hubbard, K., & Breitbart, M. (2019). Assessing eukaryotic biodiversity in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary through environmental DNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution, 9, 1029–1040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4742. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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