ENG 1510 Elbow's article Response

Alex Gilkerson

ENG 1510

9-14-12

Summary

Elbow’s article explains different ways to view “voice”. He tells the two different ways he sees some writings, Sincerity and Resonance.  The two are hard to comprehend because he doesn’t explain them that will.  It was a good article but i feel he didn’t explain himself the best.

Synthesis

This article was different in my point of view based on the information given.  On most of our readings I see their point they are trying to get across.  With Elbow’s article, I couldn’t pull anything very helpful out of it. This article was a lot different then any other.

Before you Read

1. My Facebook profile is pretty open.  I don’t act differently for people so I always am being myself.  If I’m mad or something I’ll just be silent and ready to explode but thats a different story.  I think it is extremely dumb for people to put there addresses on Facebook though.  Needless to say, if the wrong person gets that information, who knows what could happen.  There are some people that will look completely different online and in person.  Damn you Instagram!! But how you would see me in my profile is how you would see me at home.  

Questions for Discussion

1. When I think of voice, I think of the writer as trying to get their point across.  If they are writing an argument chances are it will be biassed.  So there voice is the argument.  They are telling you what they think and why.  Another way I think of voice is when you are reading something and you read it with a voice you think they would have.  What I think Elbow is trying to say is that there isn’t much voice in writing today.  Like writing used to have more “voice” but has died down and he believes all writing would be better with the so-called voice.

2. I think online is the place to find the most “voice”.  There are so many writers online, it’s unreal.  There are probably more writers online than not.  Online you don’t have to go to school or anything.  There are many different types of voices online.  There are sports, blogs, news, weather, and even little Johnny talking about how much he hates math on Facebook.  Unlimited amounts of examples of voice online.  I disagree with this “logic” tremendously.  He wants to change the way kids are thinking and writing.  I don’t think that is right.  That is taking away their freedom to express themselves and will limit their ability.

Applying and Exploring

1. I feel that sincerity means that you have an idea when your writing but you don’t back it up or it is a weak argument.  Resonance seems like it means that you have a sort of attitude toward your article.

Connecting to Other Readings

I think the voice is a part of the myth.  The voice can be many different things and doesn’t have to be viewed just one way.

Personal Reflection

I didn’t find this article to be very helpful.  Although, there was a lot of different information to take in.  Like what a voice is and different types of voice.  It did help me understand voice a touch more than I had prior to reading this article.