Voice, Tense, and Tone
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Lauren Duffy
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Any time you are tempted to say "you" or "we/us," say "the reader" or "one" instead!
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Multiple Select
Which pronouns should be avoided in formal writing (unless they're in a quote)?
I
our
you
we
my
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Multiple Choice
When writing formally, you always want to write as if your opinion on the topic is...
...fake!
...false!
...fact!
...farts!
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Open Ended
Fix this statement:
We can tell that the narrator is unreliable.
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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.
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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.
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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
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... 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!
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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"
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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"
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Multiple Choice
Why is the following sentence not in formal tone?
"Then u would not believe what happens next."
"u"
"not"
"what"
"next"
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