Understanding Voice in composition
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Understanding Voicein composition
Mr. Kreher Referencing: Dean, Nancy. Discovering voice : voice lessons for middle and high school. Gainesville, FL: Maupin House
Pub, 2006. Print.
What is voice?
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Consider this sentence
The little pink fish swam upstream and died.
Rewrite the sentence and make it sad. Rewrite the sentence and make it funny.
What did you have to change to make it sad/funny?
Elements of Voice Diction – word choice Detail Figurative language – metaphor, simile,
personification Imagery Syntax – the sentence structure / word order Tone – author’s attitude
Diction Diction refers to the author’s choice of words
She looks around her house for her purse. She rummages around her house for her
purse.
He hung out in his house all summer. He hunkered down in his house all summer.
Tired words Good Nice Pretty Beautiful Fine Bad Thing Really Very Terrible Wonderful A lot
A redheaded woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets.
-Louis Sachar, Holes
How is it different than Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying
drawers and taking things off of the shelves of cabinets.
Write a sentence a small boy making a mess in a restaurant. Choose words that are clear, concise, and concrete.