Yikes, a third post in one day? What's up with that?
Well, this is my writer's notebook and one of the assignments due tonight is to write about "Voice" in a couple of pieces in my Writers Notebook.
Granted, this is thoughts, ramblings, which just happen to be in a blog.
So, The Ashen Man and My Biker Initiation were assigned reading for us. The assignment is: Think and reflect: What details in this piece give us the voice? Write down words, phrases, or sentences from these essays that really demonstrate voice into your Writer's Notebook.
In The Ashen Man the description of the man and how he walks, looks, talks and how that differs from the normalcy which precedes his apperance in the store gives voice. Words like crisp, unrumpled, looked like a snowman, words of movement which give voice. The author uses many action words such as paused, froze, screamed and uses conversation with others, when the other is an observer to give voice to the piece.
In My Biker Initiation the use of descriptive words also gives voice. The author sets the dress of herself/companion apart from those of the bikers. she uses words like unholy congregation and describes her hat as something "between skull and tea cozy." At the end she compares the way the bikers were before the hat -- "stern, stone-faced" with "smiling, laughter like little boys" to show contrast.
The voice in both pieces contains contrast and very descriptive words/action verbs.
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