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October 3 rd , 2011. Voice. Today, I will read and respond to “ On a Rainy River” by analyzing the components of the author’s voice and justify this analysis in a paragraph. Listen, Watch, and Respond. Listen and watch the clip from “The Voice.” Discuss the questions with your neighbor.
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October 3rd, 2011 Voice
Today, I will read and respond to “ On a Rainy River” by analyzing the components of the author’s voice and justify this analysis in a paragraph.
Listen, Watch, and Respond • Listen and watch the clip from “The Voice.” Discuss the questions with your neighbor. • How do the judges pick somebody for their team? • What are they looking for? • Why is the show called “The Voice”? The Voice
Listen, Watch, and Respond • Writing has voice, too. • Discuss with your neighbor what you think voice in writing is. • Write your predictions down
Voice • The writer’s style • It makes the writer’s work unique
Voice • One of the most important elements of a piece of writing. • Determines the reader's experience witha work of literature
Relate it back to music • "Only Girl" 1 • "Only Girl" 2 • Is it the singer’s style? • Is it unique to the singer? • Does it determine the experience of the listener?
Relate it back to music • "Only Girl" 1 • "Only Girl" 2 • Experience of “Only Girl” 1 • Experience of “Only Girl” 2 • Do the singers have the same voice? Why or why not? Be prepared to share
Voice Components • Style • Consistency • Transportation • Authority • Authenticity
Voice Components • Style • Consistency • Transportation • Authority • Authenticity
Style • The way an author dresses his/her writing
Style • Carefully chosen vocabulary • A sense of a flow or rhythm to the sentences • Slang specific to the culture/geographical location on the author
Voice Components • Style • Consistency • Transportation • Authority • Authenticity
Consistency • The author keeps a constant style. I’m a constant birthday panda! I celebrate my birthday constantly! Every day is my birthday! Wootwoot!
Consistency • A good voice is never lost when the plot shifts
Voice Components • Style • Consistency • Transportation • Authority • Authenticity
Transportation • The reader is transported into the story. • Teleporting pandas! I will be transported into this awesome world.
Transportation • It puts the readerin a certain frame of mind • Allows the reader to see the world from someone else’s perspective • Provides the character of the world, not just details • How the world “feels”
Voice Components • Style • Consistency • Transportation • Authority • Authenticity
Authority • The AUTHOR is the AUTHORity • Ha! Miss, you’re so funny! Verbal Irony
Authority • The writer is in complete control of the story • If the author is taking a stand on a situation, his/her opinion is made clear
Voice Components • Style • Consistency • Transportation • Authority • Authenticity
Authenticity • The author is believable and an expert
Authenticity • The writer’s voice represents HIM/HER • It expresses his/her emotions through character traits • Leaves the reader feeling like it could only be that author’s work
Directions • Read “The Connection Between Strangers” by Miles Goodwin • Analyze the writing for voice. • Cite examples to support your findings.
October 4th, 2011 Voice
Narrative Voice • The mode from which the author chooses to tell the story
Five Types of Narrative Voice • Stream-of-consciousness voice • Character Voice • Unreliable Voice • Epistolary Voice • Third-Person Voice
Stream-of-Consciousness • Gives the narrator’s perspective by attempting to replicate the thought process of the narrator.
Character Voice • A realistic, relatable character within the story • May or may not be involved in the events in the story • May not be the main character of the story
Unreliable Voice • The narrator is untrustworthy • Used by the author to reveal that the narrator (often a character in the story) is: • Unstable • Biased • Immature
Holden, Catcher in the Rye • If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
Epistolary Voice • Uses a series of letters to convey the plot of the story
Dear America: The Voyage on the Great Titanic Monday, 15 April 1912 My hands are shaking, I feel hot tears struggling against my eyes, and I have no idea where to begin. I120feel a driving need to tell everything properly, exactly as it happened, but my mind is cluttered with con- fusion, and exhaustion, and despair. And grief; I am overcome by grief. The Boat Deck. I will go back to the Boat Deck, and follow the evening through from there. Or — no, the story begins earlier, so that is where I will start.