Assignment #1 Part #1

I wrote about a time when I was four years old and I went dress-shopping with my mom and grandma. It was lunchtime and I was hungry and dress-shopping for my mom wasn't on the top of my to-do list. I ended up hiding in between a bunch of dresses and my mom and grandma were flipping out. I came out about fifteen minutes later giggling and I think Mom could have killed me right there for making her so worried.

I can definitely notice a change of voice between the three different letters that I wrote. The one to my mom is semi-formal, while the one to my friend is very informal. In my mom's I tended to use proper grammer, and I didn't say everything I felt. On the other hand, in the one to my friend I included the fact that I have never been a fan of dress-shopping for my Mom. I also tried to include him in the letter. I used the phrase, "you know how I feel about this" in order to make him feel included. I also used slang and did the ... thing alot. I abbreviated my words and may ands (&). The published one is the most formal because there would be alot more people reading it. I use proper grammar and no second person point of view.

I don't think the "me" changes, it's still the same story getting the same message across. I think that the voice changes because the audience changes. I don't want my mom to read the same letter i send to my friend, and I don't want the rest of the world to read the things I would say to my mom or friend.