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Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone

by Nancy Dean · 2000

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Prepare your high school students for AP, IB, and other standardized tests that demand an understanding of the subtle elements that comprise an author's unique voice. Each of the 100 sharply focused, historically and culturally diverse passages from world literature targets a specific component of voice, presenting the elements in short, manageable exercises that function well as class openers. Includes teacher notes and discussion suggestions.

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adult
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short · 141 pages

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