VoiceEnglish 3 – Mr. McGowan

VoiceEVERY WRITER HAS…

•A distinct personality.•Passions, opinions, prejudices, and

information.

•Words should capture the writer's personality.

Strong Voice

•Captures the reader's attention

•Individuality, liveliness, and energy.

•Makes the writer's purpose clear.

•Helps readers experience the emotions of the writer and understand the writer's ideas.

Word Choice

•Careful word choice•Punctuation, paragraphs

•The teacher looked at the student.•The teacher glared at the student.

•The teacher smiled at the student.•The teacher scowled at the student.•The teacher smirked at the student.

Voice Practice

•Ann Ellis / Dean Koontz•Christian Lander•Bill Bryson

Dialogue Activity #1

•Pick two students in the class (or two of your friends).

•Write a dialogue between them.▫One is trying to buy something from the

other (decide what it is)▫They cannot agree on an acceptable price.

Voice Practice

•Now, write another dialogue between two people with the same situation.

•A. A priest/minister and one of the characters from Jersey Shore

•B. A recently released African-American prisoner and a white, suburban mother of four

•C. Mr. McGowan and a California surfer dude

•D. Others??

Voice examples

•“Chaos Theory”•Watch •Part 1 (0:00 – 0:38 ) – Girl, mugger•Part 2 (0:39 – 0:52) – Mugger at computer•Part 3 (0:53 – 1:41) – Mugger, “money

guy”•Part 4 (1:42 – 3:00) – Mugger, Special

Agent

Now watch the end.

•Part 5 (3:01 – 4:09) – Mugger, Witness•Part 6 (4:10 – 5:11) – Mugger, other guy

Would you change any dialogue from elsewhere in the film?