What is Style? Part 2

At the beginning of the semester we were asked the same question and I responded by comparing writing style to a dress style. A comparison that was shot down at the next class meeting...
Well, after the last three torturous months, I changed my mind.
Style, to me, is the way in which you use the words to express your message. For instance, at the beginning of the semester we explored how writing is a technology and the change from oral to literate cultures. Before writing, oral was a style. It was the way they expressed their message. The style changed with the shift to literate cultures. Then, rules were made to set a standard for this technology called writing. Hence, the style manuals we read. The new style was writing.
The transition continues... we moved onto comics and the idea of combining pictures with writing to express the message. Thus, another style. More specifically, we studied the style of comics. As we coasted along this sea of pictures and words, we of course came to movies. A moving picture, if you will. Another style. This style used words the least, other than the oral cultures of course, and it was interesting to note the changes of writing and expression throughout the course and the different styles that were created due to these transitions.
So all in all, I think that style is the way in which you express your message or "words". It is not a a style of writing like fiction or comedy, but the way in which you give the message to your audience.