American Tongues

1. Voice in literature is the way an author addresses his/her audience and how they make their writing unique in comparison to other writers.
2. "Wait, what's the point of this exercise?' My tone is always hesitant because I try to question other people's reasoning. My parents are both attorneys, which has an effect on my tone because I emulate their behavior.
3. I would try not to directly address a personal issue like a parent's divorce or a fight with a friend. I would handle the topic this way because I would not want to upset someone for my own benefit.
4. Voice is important in non-fiction because genre would become just a listing of facts without personality being less interesting to the reader. In academic essays, writers attempt to avoid voice because it looks unprofessional as well as writing in the passive voice.
5. We can develop voice by adding specific characteristics to our writing, which makes the writing recognizable.