- What specific words/phrases demonstrate your writer’s voice? How / why do these words/phrases showcase your personality as a writer?
Some of the words/phrases that specifically express my writing voice are little things in the post-like when I referred the to the main character, Kricket, as “my dear”. Other places this is seen is like my usage of reader to refer and talk to the audience directly and the slightly additional description variety among the casual words and phrases. These words showcase my personality as a writer in several different ways. One of the ways it does this is by allowing me to try to connect directly to the reader and keep on like the post is a normal conversation with someone else, allowing my readers to feel comfortable and learn how I talk. Just like in real life, my posts incorporate advanced description that I happen to find better for describing things and allow my readers to better understand my visions and therefore also my personality.
2. What purposeful diction AND syntax choices did you make to enhance your writer’s voice? You must choose to discuss at least one diction AND one syntax technique from the list below. Make sure to include textual evidence from your post where you included the diction and syntax choices you discuss.
I tend to use a decent amount of intended informal diction in my posts. This is used to mostly make the reader more comfortable while reading and to make my posts seem more personal. Who wants to read something that reads like a textbook? I purposefully try to use differing sentence length and punctuation to enhance my voice as well. The differing of these 2 elements helps stress points that I find important and want you to think about as you read- allowing you to consider my voice and perspective compared to your own. One example of both of the above things occurring is when I wrote “ Will there be lots of running? Absolutely. These and more are some of my predictions and questions buzzing around my head. One of the many more important predictions for me is the following: I do believe that Kricket will hurt someone she loves, and suffer greatly for it in the near future. Her nature is too unbalanced to not do so- and she's close to the edge with her fear as it is.”
Well, if you did stop to read those dear readers, I hope you agreed? Even if not, I thank you again for reading my blog this trimester and school year as my final days of freshman English come to a close. Don't worry, I will probably continue the blog- but we'll just have to see! Happy reading!
