VOICEVOICEWriting TraitsWriting Traits

How can you read How can you read VOICE?VOICE?

Voice is the Voice is the author’s fingerprint author’s fingerprint on the page.on the page.

The writing sounds The writing sounds just like the author.just like the author.

The reader knows The reader knows the feelings and the feelings and opinions of the opinions of the author.author.

Can I hear Can I hear youryour voice?voice?

When a paper is full of voice…When a paper is full of voice… reader feels somethingreader feels something

shocked, upset, excited, giggly, or scared shocked, upset, excited, giggly, or scared sounds like the author enjoys writingsounds like the author enjoys writing feels like the author is talking to youfeels like the author is talking to you the author is not afraid to say what the author is not afraid to say what

he/she feelshe/she feels you want to read the piece to someone you want to read the piece to someone

elseelse

Don’t be afraid to let Don’t be afraid to let your your

voice be heard!voice be heard! Share your thoughts Share your thoughts

and opinionsand opinions When you write When you write

pretend like you are pretend like you are talking to the reader talking to the reader

Don’t hide your true Don’t hide your true selfself

Have fun when you Have fun when you writewrite

Creating Voice = Creating Voice = EMOTIONS!EMOTIONS!

To create a voice to a writing piece, To create a voice to a writing piece, you must have you must have a specific attitude a specific attitude or feeling or feeling about the topicabout the topic

Therefore, Ms. Dosani will Therefore, Ms. Dosani will show a show a collection of pictures collection of pictures that reveal that reveal tons of different emotions.tons of different emotions.

Pop-upPop-up once you have a word to once you have a word to match the picture’s emotionmatch the picture’s emotion

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