In "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, he tells a story when every single person was equal in every which way, no one was different at all. In this piece of writing, Vonnegut uses many of his practices in this piece, but what made it easier for me to pick out things he used was that, I have read this very same reading before, so picking out his practices was all the more easier.
One of the first practices I noticed in this piece of writing by Vonnegut was the way he was himself. The way he sounded like himself. I notice this first because I have read a few different pieces of vonneguts writing, so I can see his personality come out in his writing and exactly what it should sound like. He uses his own kind of special touch or wording per say, when he says " they reeled, whirled, swiveled, flounced, capered, gamboled, and spun," this is vonneguts style of writing because he uses words, that most people or even writers wouldn't use in their writing because they are different and there are much easier words to use. He uses the harder more detailed form of a word, than that simple word to convey a better meaning, that makes his writing so different and better from others. Also, he says " it became their obvious intention to kiss the ceiling. They kissed it," this is just another way he writes, which is his style because after he states on thing, the sentence to come does not stated that same thing, but another form of ot, such as "it," this is how he conveys a new meaning. This also makes his writing stand out, because it can be different from another piece of writing, you read. In conclusion this is how Vonnegut uses "sound like yourself" from how to write with a style in his writing.
Another, writing style he uses in "Harrison Bergeron" is keeping it simple. In this passage, it says " I always do" which is said by hazel in Harrison Bergeron, which is a way of him keeping it simple. I believe this is a simple way of saying it because he could have had hazel say " I always do forget the sad things" but instead he just says " I always do," which is the way to keep that line simple but understanding. Also, around page five, Vonnegut states " she was blindingly beautiful," which is a very simple way of saying how beautiful the ballerina is. He could have said she was the most gorgeous creature on the stage full of pretty ballerinas, but she, she was the most beautiful, but instead he says " she was blindingly beautiful," which is a shorter way of saying how beautiful she truly was in the eyes of Harrison. So, in this passage, Vonnegut tries to make his writing simple, not too long but not too short either, just conveying the meaning in a perfect way. These are just a few examples of how Vonnegut keeps his writing simple.
Lastly, one final practice, Kurt Vonnegut uses in " Harrison Bergeron," is say what you mean to say. I see this being used when Vonnegut writes " she must have been extraordinary beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous," I believe this is exactly what Vonnegut mean to say because I don't think there is another way you could put it, where it would still make sense. Throughout all of vonneguts writing, he says what he means to say because this is his writing, so he wants it to be what he means and make it sound like him. When reading this passage I heard Vonneguts style, voice, and sayings in it, like if I didn't know this was by Vonnegut I could tell you, it was by him, just by the way it was written. This shows that Vonnegut knows how to write and he says what he wants to say, making sure to keep his readers engaged. Clearly, this is how Kurt Vonnegut uses say what you mean to say, in his article called " Harrison Bergeron." 
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