LESSON 9
Language Focus: Word Choice and Voice
Word Choice:
In lesson 9, we will focus on word choice in writing. Word choice is important because it can greatly impact the tone and meaning of your writing. Using the right words can make your writing more vivid and engaging, while using the wrong words can confuse or bore your readers. We will learn strategies for choosing the most appropriate words for our writing and practice using them effectively.
Voice:
We will also discuss voice in writing. Voice refers to the unique style and tone that an author uses in their writing. It is what makes their writing distinct and recognizable. Developing your own voice as a writer can help you connect with your readers and create a more personal and authentic piece of writing. We will explore different techniques for developing and maintaining your voice in your writing.
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
They appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses
actors
actors
environmentalists
environmentalists
deserters
deserters
inhabitants
inhabitants
Question
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
Failing that, I could have surreptitiously dumped the whole outfit overboard, written off the forty or so dollars as love’s tribute. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses
happily
happily
slyly
slyly
enthusiastically
enthusiastically
sorrowfully
slyly
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses
baffled
baffled
alerted
alerted
calmed
calmed
upset
calmed
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses
puzzling
puzzling
too bold
too bold
silly
silly
pitiful
too bold
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses
able to be felt
able to be felt
strange
strange
hurtful
hurtful
imagined