Slide 1 Style & Voice adapted from Voice Lessons, Dean, 2000 We are beginning a series focusing on the following areas: –diction, –detail, –imagery, –syntax,…

Slide 1 The Voice of Language: Text Analysis You learned to analyze voice when you were very young. The tone parents speak to their children clearly communicates their intent.…

SYNTAX ANALYSIS: Stories of Manipulation What rhetorical strategies make this sentence effectively fulfill its purpose? âThe attempt therefore, to determine the effect of…

Voice Lessons by Nancy Dean Voice The unique expression of the authorâs personality The fingerprint of a personâs language The color and texture of communication Understanding…

Slide 1 Voice Palette—DICTION Slide 2 Diction refers to the author’s choice of words. Slide 3 Words are the writer’s basic tools: they create the color and texture…