Practice Cultivating A Unique Narrative Voice (4.1) - Module 7: Creative Writing & Expressive Forms

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Question 1.
Design a 'Voice Exercise' where a student takes a short paragraph describing a mundane activity (e.g., making toast, doing homework) and rewrites it twice: once with a very optimistic and cheerful voice, and once with a very pessimistic and gloomy voice. Explain how specific word choices contribute to each distinct voice.
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How would a character's general outlook on life change the way they describe simple actions?
Question 2.
You are creating a character for a short story. This character is outwardly very polite and formal, but secretly harbors a sarcastic and cynical inner voice. How would you use a combination of dialogue and third-person limited narration to reveal both their outward personality and their true, hidden inner voice to the reader? Provide a very short example.
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How can a character say one thing but think another? How can the narrator show us what's really going on inside their head?

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