Looking for quality in student writing, Six traits of individual voice - 2 views

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  #1 aberman on 05 Mar 12

   

  http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm
  
  I chose this article because I was still feeling rather intrigued by the chapter in Concepts in Composition about voice and style, and was very curious as to how teachers/professors of writing implement specific exercises to focus and improve on this as a skill in a young writers arsenal. What I found most interesting about this article was of how overt some of it's parallels are to the two forms of voice spoken about in chapter 7 of CIC. Traits 5 and 6 are nearly exact examples of authentic and role playing voices, and the author stresses that both are of extreme importance. The author claims that gaining your own personal voice, a voice that will set you apart from other writers, one that will stand out as yours amongst the crowd of others is a necessary skill to hone in order to be a strong writer of voice. But the very next trait is that of understanding the idea of an " appropriate tone for purpose and audience". However the author does a good job of not confusing the two, and simply stating that you wouldn't want to use an improper tone in the wrong situation, I.e. a lighthearted tone in an article about someone getting hurt etc.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><a href="http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm</a> <br /> <br /> I chose this article because I was still feeling rather intrigued by the chapter in Concepts in Composition about voice and style, and was very curious as to how teachers/professors of writing implement specific exercises to focus and improve on this as a skill in a young writers arsenal. What I found most interesting about this article was of how overt some of it's parallels are to the two forms of voice spoken about in chapter 7 of CIC. Traits 5 and 6 are nearly exact examples of authentic and role playing voices, and the author stresses that both are of extreme importance. The author claims that gaining your own personal voice, a voice that will set you apart from other writers, one that will stand out as yours amongst the crowd of others is a necessary skill to hone in order to be a strong writer of voice. But the very next trait is that of understanding the idea of an " appropriate tone for purpose and audience". However the author does a good job of not confusing the two, and simply stating that you wouldn't want to use an improper tone in the wrong situation, I.e. a lighthearted tone in an article about someone getting hurt etc.</div>

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