Transcript College Essay Voice Ratiocination

College Essay
Voice
Ratiocination
Pass to someone behind
you.
Read & highlight striking language, devices, and
imagery.
Pass to your right.
Read & highlight exact language: vivid verbs,
adverbs, adjectives, and specific nouns.
Pass across the room.
Read & highlight natural language.
Random pass to anyone in
the room.
Read essay and STAR any areas that lack voice and
NEED MORE VOICE.
For each star, write what kind of voice the writer
should add:
Striking language
Exact language
Natural language
Pass behind you.
Read & observe verbs in action.
Circle any passive voice verbs:
(The ball was caught.)
And Be verbs:
Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Same person.
What kind of voice is coming through in the essay?
At the TOP of the essay, list three adjectives you would
use to describe the voice in the essay.