5 Elements of Voice and Vocabulary

Word choice (the foundation of voice and contributes to all of its elements)

• Syntax

• Imagery

• Diction

• Detail

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Includes facts, observations, reasons, examples and incidents used to develop a subject and impart voice

• Diction

• Syntax

• Tone

• Detail

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Verbal representation of sensory experience

• Syntax

• Tone

• Detail

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The expression of attitude. It is the writer’s (or narrator’s) implied attitude towards his subject and audience.

• Tone

• Syntax

• Diction

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The way words are arranged within sentences

• Tone

• Syntax

• Diction

• Detail

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To extend beyond or above a surface

• Conscious

• Brooding

• Protrude

• Adorn

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To make more beautiful or attractive

• Adorn

• Delirium

• Restraint

• Condemn

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake

• Vigorous

• Poignant

• Conscious

• Condemn

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

• Poignant

• Protrude

• Delirium

• Latter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The Antonym (Opposite) of Condemn

• Praise

• Criticize

• Deny

• Available

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A