Malcom Gladwell's article is considered a general writing style because throughout the article Gladwell uses a lot of contracted words and also some of his paragraphs are not so fully developed. Gladwell's article is also written from the second-person point of view, rather than the third-person point of view, which is the one widely used in the formal writing style. Although Gladwell's article is told from the second person point of view, has many contractions and his paragraphs are not fully developed, his vocabulary is not casual enough to make his piece a level of informal writing, but instead his article uses a mix of both formal terms and causal vocabulary. The writing style of Afraji Gill's article "An A+ Student Regrets His Grades" is also similar to Malcom Gladwell's writing style as he also uses a general level of writing. Afraji Gill's article is seen as a general level of writing because even in his article he uses a lot of contracted words and has paragraphs that are not fully developed. Similar to Malcom Gladwell's article, Afraji Gill's article does not use informal, casual vocabulary to deem his piece informal, but instead uses a variety of formal, sophisticated vocabulary. Both Malcom Gladwell and Afraji Gills articles are written with a general level of writing rather than formal or informal levels of writing.