Say What? Considering Voice Revisions

You will revise the first draft of your Say What? project. You will focus on the words you use, the sentences you use, and the tone of your character's voice. Here's the scoop.

1. Personal Thesaurus: What old, tired, worn out words can you get rid of in your Say What? Project? Highlight them. What do you see when you think of that word. Brainstorm new words with a similar meaning. Then RETIRE and REPLACE them! You may use a thesaurus.
2. Sentence Structure: Find a sentence in the story you based your Say What? project on. Make sure it is not too long. Play around with replacing some of the nouns, adjectives, and verbs to create the same sentence with a new meaning.
3. Tone of Voice: What attitude and tone of voice does your character primarily have? What situation causes him/her to have that tone of voice? (LOOK in the story!!!) Does your Say What? project have a similar tone? How can you change some words and sentences to make that tone real?