The Voice

The voice pitch is a trait that has evolved through sexual selection of humans and has become sexually dimorphic. This trait is sexually dimorphic because for males the voice pitch has the tendency to be lower and this because the ‘adam’s apple’ is a thicker layer of cartilage that influence the vocal cords in males along with higher testosterone levels predict low voice men.. For females, the voice pitch tends to be lower because without this extra layers of cartilage makes the vocal cords have…

communicating using their voices. Today this has not changed; however how those voices are heard, where they can be heard and by whom has changed drastically. What at one time was limited to only what was being said or written, at the time it was being documented and only heard or read by those in the immediate vicinity; can now be heard by anyone, anywhere in the world at any time. This is possible because of the dramatic advances in recording. Now, not only can voices be recorded but…

A voice is an attribute that many people take for granted. A person’s voice can be large and loud or could be soft and small; but we all have a voice inside. All voices are important and fragile to an extent, but the most fragile is a child’s voice. Sometimes a voice is all a child has. Many things can affect a child’s voice, for the positive and for the negative. Negative influences and events can change or kill a child’s voice forever. Life altering events such as abuse, and neglect are…

In "For More than One Voice", the Italian feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero underlines the singular and embodied materiality of voice, while emphasizing the fact that voice is primarily relational and always creates a mutual resonance among unique human beings. Moreover, Cavarero interprets vocal exchange as the paradigm of a politics that is based on “the reciprocal communication of voices” and that find an ideal dimension in “a kind of song 'for more than one voice' whose melodic principle…

Annotated Bibliography Ashley Raybon & Regine Yaites COMP 357 Abilene Christian University Annotated Bibliography Question: How do hormones affect the voice? Amir, O., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Muchnik, C. (2002). The effect of oral contraceptives on voice. Journal of Voice, 16(2), 267-273. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(02)00096-6 A group of ten women were evaluated in this study. They were divided into two groups, five who use birth control pills and five who do not use birth control pills. The…

beyond Second paper Between the Female Voice and the Machine: Laurie Anderson We recognize and judge people largely according to their voices, whether they are intelligent or dull, sane or insane, female or male, good or evil, friend or enemy. Anne Carson writes that Aristotle found “the highpitched voice of the female is one evidence of her evil disposition, for creatures who are brave or just (like lions, bulls, roosters and the human male) have large deep voices.” The judgments can happen…

3. Orwell maintains a contradictory tone throughout his essay. This becomes especially apparent when he discusses poor writers’ tendency to favor the passive voice, “in preference to the active and noun constructions are used instead of gerunds” (Orwell 3). The contradiction occurs when Orwell criticizes writers for using the passive voice but then uses it himself. In using a contradictory tone, the writers can more easily see their own faults. Telling someone they made a mistake does…

you on a silver platter, this ideal happens when you take an opportunity. These opportunities are jobs, the voice of the people, and the freedom we are given. We have a right to these opportunities. These opportunities are what make so many…

together and accomplishing a goal as a team is much better than doing things alone. In the poem, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, it illustrates how the black community joins together through the struggles to escape the harsh times of slavery. The poem was a commemoration to Abraham Lincoln who helped them escape from slavery.…

was more than enough to provide for his family. On this page, he uses dialogue to grab the reader's attention and voice his emotions. His use of dialogue is very effective here because…