Voice Lessons: Understanding the Writer's Tools

How does Kate Chopin create a mood in just a few sentences? How does Shakespeare make a character say one thing and mean another? Help your students understand how expert writers control voice and use the power of language. Students will develop an understanding of the elements comprising an author’s unique voice—diction, detail, figurative language, imagery, syntax, and tone—and develop the skills needed to express their own unique voices. Voice Lessons provides 35 short passages from comp...