Voice, Tense, and Tone

HELPFUL HINT

Any time you are tempted to say "you" or "we/us," say "the reader" or "one" instead!

Multiple Select

Which pronouns should be avoided in formal writing (unless they're in a quote)?

• I

• our

• you

• we

• my

Multiple Choice

When writing formally, you always want to write as if your opinion on the topic is...

• ...fake!

• ...false!

• ...fact!

• ...farts!

Open Ended

Fix this statement:

We can tell that the narrator is unreliable.

Multiple Choice

Which of the sentences below is in the literary present?

• Katniss showed bravery when she volunteered as tribute.

• Katniss shows bravery when she volunteered as tribute.

• Katniss shows bravery when she volunteers as tribute.

• Katniss showed bravery when she volunteers as tribute.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is NOT in the literary present?

• Lowry used a lot of imagery in The Giver.

• Lowry uses a lot of imagery in The Giver.

Multiple Select

Which word(s) in this sentence need to be changed to be in the literary present?

There were many examples of conflict in The Outsiders such as when the Greasers and the Socs fought.

• were

• such as

• when

• fought

You DO NOT need to change a sentence in to the literary present tense if...

• ... you use a quote that is in a different tense. As always, you never change quotes!

• ... you are writing about a flashback that happened in the text. Past events should stay in past tense!

Multiple Choice

Why is the following sentence not in formal tone?

"The people of the town aren't afraid to kill someone every year."

• "kill"

• "town"

• "aren't"

• "someone"

Multiple Choice

Why is the following sentence not in formal tone?

"The narrator feels wicked paranoid, so he confesses to the murder."

• "wicked"

• "paranoid"

• "confessed"

• "murder"

Multiple Choice

Why is the following sentence not in formal tone?

"Then u would not believe what happens next."

• "u"

• "not"

• "what"

• "next"