Sunday, December 1, 2019

Elements of Voice


Voice--Personality

Through diction, syntax, punctuation,
paragraph length, imagery, detail, word choice, diction, sentence structure

Persona
Friendly/acerbic, playful/focused, warm/cold, authoritative/casual, inspiring/demeaning, professional/crass, relaxed/tense, reserved/controlled, objective/subjective,
logical/emotional, (in)sincere, (non)apologetic, critical, curious, ironic, hopeful, sentimental, sympathetic, solemn/flippant, cynical/naïve

Language
Complex, simple, jargon-filled, insider, fun,
serious, whimsical

Tone (positive, negative, neutral)
Personal, honest, humble, clinical, direct,
scientific, trustful, gleeful, cheerful, sarcastic,
pessimistic, aggressive, polite, rude, urgent

Style
Formal, informal

Access
Narration, near-far person, omniscient, intrusion






1 comment:

  1. I'm looking for you everywhere! Hope you get this and can update your blog! And I hope you are just out enjoying life this month! Let us know!

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