Reflection

  Words that I’ve used to indicate my voice would be words like anyways and TV show and 2 PM. I was writing like I was talking to an everyday friend. Very casual. It shows my personality by showing I’m an everyday person. I wasn’t trying to spruce up my blog posts like I was about to give a speech to the president or to the Queen of England. I was just me.

  To enhance my writer’s voice I used low/ informal diction and different sentence lengths. One time I wrote, “You could tell that he wrote it and maybe visualize his voice reading it, even though you don't watch a TV show called Ben every day at 2 PM on channel 3” (Vicknair). That was a long sentence right. After another long sentence I put a short sentence, “Take Ellen's book for example”. I wrote with different sentence lengths everywhere. For my low/ informal diction I said, “Every time I picked up her book and read, I could hear her voice reading it to me, like we were talking all day long.” I could have changed read to perused and voice to articulation, but I wanted informal diction, not formal where the words are more challenging and you don’t use in an everyday sentence.

The Author's Voice.

       In the final chapter of Seriously... I'm Kidding, Ellen said that she didn't care if we dripped coffee on her book or almost left it behind, but she was glad she could spend some time with her. It got me thinking. Every time I picked up her book and read, I could hear her voice reading it to me, like we were talking all day long. I could tell that she had written it. It's amazing that you could visualize her voice just from words on a page. That's what my teacher Ms. Cohen was talking about in class, use your voice in your writing. She even showed us great examples like Ben's blog. You could tell that he wrote it and maybe visualize his voice reading it, even thought you don't watch a TV show called Ben everyday at 2 PM on channel 3. Anyways, all I'm saying is that every writing piece could use a little of your own voice. Take Ellen's book for example.

Favorite Quote

I am almost to the end of Seriously I'm kidding and I was laughing so hard at this one quote that Ellen  had written. She said, "What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we given up on writing letters to each other, we barely even talk to each other. People have become so accustomed to texting that they’re actually startled when the phone rings. It’s like we suddenly all have Batphones. If it rings, there must be danger. Now we answer, 'What happened? Is someone tied up in the old sawmill?' 'No, it’s Becky. I just called to say hi.' 'Well you scared me half to death. You can’t just pick up the phone and try to talk to me like that. Don’t the tips of your fingers work?'"

   This got me thinking about what our society is really about. Most teenagers now are constantly on their phones. It's like they're married to them. I actually feel the same because I was on the brink of tears when I dropped my phone and it shattered the screen. I can't be the only one who has done this. Right?