1. The Four Writing Traits:
Voice

2. What is voice? Evidence of the writer behind the message
Personality and feeling in your writing

3. Things to think about when trying to add Voice to your writing:
1. Your writing should have personality, individuality, and charm
2. Be enthusiastic about your writing
3. Your writing evokes an emotional response—makes you angry, laugh, cry
4. Your writing is passionate
5. Your writing seems natural and thought provoking
6. The topic comes alive
7. Be honest in your writing—write what you feel

4. it is unique to every person
Voice is like. . .
a fingerprint;
it is unique to every person

5. Voice is like . . .

6. Voice Rubric
6: Demonstrates involvement with the text and speaks purposefully to the audience in an appropriate, individualistic, and engaging manner.
5: Writer speaks directly to the reader in an individual, expressive, engaging manner
4: Writer speaks in a strong, interesting manner; less variety of language and sentence types
3: Writer seems sincere, but not really engaged, committed, or involved
2: Writer seems to hide more than s/he reveals, not genuinely engaged, seems distant
1: Writer seems indifferent or uninvolved; writing is flat, lifeless