Blogging Assessment #1

In the novel, Perks of Being a Wallflower, the writer’s voice is present through the main character. The author, Stephen Chbosky, takes Charlie’s dialogue to incorporate his own thoughts, opinions, and outlooks on certain situations. For me on the other hand, I like to directly talk to my audience and express my opinions directly. For example in my previous post, [Perks of Being a Wallflower] Most Important Line, I had written, “When I read this line for the first time, I didn't really understand what it meant.” This basically was just saying exactly what I was thinking when I had read the most important line from the book. Personality wise, it shows that I am laid back and enjoy writing as myself opposed to writing like I would for an a formal essay.

In order to enhance my voice in the pieces, I used purposeful diction and syntax.  For diction, a popular technique that is seen throughout would be low and informal diction. This just makes the writing, in my opinion, more relatable. Personally, as a reader, I don’t take pleasure in having a writer or authors just write at me. It is more enjoyable when they are connecting through their words. An example of this diction would be: “When I began writing this post, I knew exactly which quote I was going to use but I did not understand the literal meaning behind it. When it comes to syntax, the technique I use frequently throughout my blog is sentence structure. I think using short sentences and fragments break the barrier between having my writing being reserved and interesting. Examples of this technique would be: “So I googled it.” And “And live in the moment.”