Seeing Voices

the passive voice. In my New Criticism essay, I would writewrote sentences such as “Firstly, connotation is used to create the negative mood of the setting.” Fortunately, I have improved my use of passive voice, which can be seen if we compare that transition sentence to one from my Discourse paper. “First off, through the use of proper nouns, the speaker shows how all wars are the same, because death comes for both sides no matter who wins.” Not only did I avoid using passive voice, but the…

rich voice was stunning and full of soul. Smith’s vocal range was powerful, even though she appears to be a contralto. The technical proficiencies of Smith’s vocal sound appear to be controlled and clear. Smith’s voice filled the room, hitting one’s ears smoothly and was powerfully inviting. When comparing the voice of Bessie Smith to Alberta Hunter’s, in particular “Sugar”, both ladies had strong and powerful voices. However, Smith’s smooth voice is opposite that of Hunters. Hunter’s voice was…

So in light of that, here at Union a vocal major spends a lot of time warming up their voice, practicing their assigned music, memorizing the words to their songs, learning how to pronounce foreign songs, and learning about the composer and writer of the song they are singing. Vocal Major’s spend most of their time in music practice rooms…

on. The author of Lord of the Flies, William Goulding, reveals that representative governments are what makes perfect societies through the neglecting of powerful voices in the novel and miscommunication between the older boys on the island. The neglecting…

When starting something new or changing an aspect of your life, you may have a little voice in your head that is doubtful of your abilities to succeed. The little voice that says things like “I am such a disappointment” or in my case, “Why did I even think about taking Psychology 150? I can not pass that class.” This little voice, as small as it may be, slowly eats away at your confidence until there is nothing left...unless you learn how to diminish it. On the same note, while…

Our voice is important because it defines us as an individual; it is our voice identity. Every person’s voice is different from each other which make it unique. Our voice does numerous amounts of things for us and one of the things that it can do is detect how we are feeling. For example, if a person is sad, his/her voice would indicate that because his/ her pitch would be lower. This would occur due to the decrease of the frequency. In Dr. Patel’s videos, she explains the importance of our…

Because Haas and Flowers (1988) conducted their own research, they are speaking from their own point of view, and because research requires vigorous planning and execution, an active voice is used to reflect that. Haas and Flowers (1988) also avoid complicated jargon so that the study speaks for itself and is easier to digest for the audience. The discourse community also had the authors use Times New Roman font in size twelve, because…

million Americans suffer from a voice disorder (NIDCD). Voice disorders are speech disorders characterized by irregular pitch, loudness, duration, and vocal quality that are inappropriate for an individual’s age or gender (ASHA-Def of communication disorders and variations). Voice disorders are broken into three categories: functional, organic, or both. Organic voice disorders are broken down even further into structural and neurogenic types. Structural voice disorders pertain to the a…

The laryngeal muscles of the phonatory system are comprised of a group of both intrinsic and extrinsic muscles. Out of these two muscle groups, the placement of the extrinsic muscles are what confuse me the most. The extrinsic laryngeal muscles are further divided into suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles. The suprahyoid muscles attach superiorly to the hyoid bone and elevate the larynx and hyoid bone, while the infrahyoid muscles attach inferiorly to the hyoid bone and depress the larynx and the…

“I am Esther –” The young girl behind the desk had noticed her assessing her appearance through the windows before she finally pushed through the tinted double doors. “– and I think you’ve made a mistake. Mordecai Asher, he can’t be… He’s been arrested? ” With little more than a sigh the receptionist rose from behind her station. “Robin” she called around the partition that separated the foyer from the rest of the station. “There’s a girl here, says she’s after that kid they brought in…