Looking at "academic voice"
- As we continue to look to improve our writing, today we will look at what voice and word choice can really do for an essay.
- In small groups, read through the college-level essay on Sherman Alexie, and then analyze the writing style with the prompts provided:
- Who is the audience that the author is writing for?
- What is the thesis of this essay?
- How does the author support this thesis? Be specific.
- Is the author successful in supporting his thesis? Why?
- What is it about this essay that makes it formal rather than informal? Point to specifics.
- The Great Emancipators Mass Execution
- Another Proclamation by Sherman Alexie
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