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'Voice' is the unique and distinctive tone, style, and personality that the author conveys through their writing. It encompasses the way the author's voice comes through in the text, influencing the reader's perception of the author's attitude, emotions, and perspective. Here are some key aspects of a text's "sense of voice":
Tone: The tone of a text reflects the author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience. It can be formal, informal, humorous, serious, optimistic, pessimistic, and so on. The tone sets the emotional and rhetorical context for the text.
Style: The author's writing style includes choices regarding vocabulary, sentence structure, figurative language, and literary devices. A text's style can be descriptive, narrative, persuasive, poetic, or any combination thereof.
Personality: The sense of voice also conveys the author's personality. It may reveal aspects of the author's character, beliefs, biases, or values. This can be subtle or pronounced, depending on the author's intent.
Perspective: An author's voice can reflect their point of view or perspective on a topic. It may be objective and impartial, or it might be subjective and strongly opinionated.
Emotion: The author's emotions can be discerned through their voice. Whether they convey enthusiasm, anger, empathy, or indifference, these emotional cues are part of the sense of voice.
Narrative Voice: In fiction and creative writing, the narrative voice refers to the voice of the narrator or protagonist. It includes their character traits, speech patterns, and worldview, which shape the reader's understanding of the story.
Analyzing the sense of voice in a text involves closely examining these elements to gain insights into the author's intentions, message, and the impact they want to have on the reader. It's a crucial aspect of literary analysis, as it helps readers and scholars understand the text's deeper meaning and the author's artistic choices.
QUICK TASK:
QUICK TASK:
Write a speech bubble for each of the following 20th and 21st-century figures. What would each public say about immigration issues?
First Impressions
First Impressions
In your groups consider your picture:
What kind of person do you think they are?
What adjectives might you use to describe them?
What gives you this impression?
Their world
Their world
Research the context of their world to find out:
When were they living? What time period were they most prominent?
Find the dates and then research:
What was the world like when they were alive?
Were there any major political/social/historical movements occuring at the time?
How influenced were they by the world around them?
Try to keep this general about the world at the time (rather than the person)
Their story
Their story
Research your person and find out:
Who are they? Why are they famous?
What is their background? Class/race/education/family life etc.
What are their passions/motivations?
What poignant moments were there in their life? (if any)
What happened to them? Are they still alive?
How are they connected to their context?
Go back
Go back
Revisit your earlier adjectives:
Do any still apply?
Were you accurate?
Add 3 more adjectives on in light of your research.
Their work
Their work
Which would they write about? Rank these topics in order from most to least likely and justify your choice:
Freedom against oppression
Technology
Family
War and peace
Public (celebrity) vs. private life
Reflect
Reflect
Who are you most interested in and why?
Do some of the voices resonant more with you than others?
Who are you least interested in and why?
Who are you most interested in? Why?
How is a sense of voice created about UK immigration?
How is a sense of voice created about UK immigration?
In your answer, you must consider linguistic and literary features, drawing on your knowledge of genre conventions and context.
Consider:
VOICE
LINGUISTIC & LITERARY FEATURES
GENRE CONVENTIONS
CONTEXT OF PRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF RECEPTION
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For your coursework, you will need to explore non-fiction texts and use this as inspiration to write your own.
Choose ONE of the people we have explored today and produce a non-fiction text IN THEIR VOICE reflecting/commenting on one of the following topics:
Freedom against oppression
Technology
Family
War and peace
Public (celebrity) vs. private life
Remember to consider their background/experiences/personality - VOICE
Non-fiction texts - diary, letter, memoir, interview, article, speech
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