Good tour guides (writers) insert their voice often. The voice can be heard in topic sentences, where the writer tells the reader how the paragraph fits into the larger argument (i.e., how it connects ...
What exactly do we mean by “voice” in writing? If you’re not a professional writer, the term might sound vague, or something you’d more likely associate with singing. But when it comes to ...
Writing in the active voice makes the meaning clear while keeping sentences from becoming complicated and wordy. Sentences using passive voice are not necessarily wrong, just less effective than ...
In writing, this is sometimes called the writer’s ‘voice’. Effective writers have a unique voice or style of writing. Look at these two very different styles of writing: I suppose I could ...