Hope this helps...the way in which something is done: good or bad style. the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc. a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc.
Answer: One example of soft lead is when there is a B on the pencil. B stands for blackness because soft lead produces darker lines when used. If there is H it means it is hard lead.