1. McKee opens her essay by recognizing all the ambiance noises that we seldom take note of. Stop now and listen. Type out what you hear. How do these sounds shape what you write (other than being the answer to the question, you card you)?
2. Name several examples of your lifestyle that hinge upon sound to imbue them with meaning. What is the nature of these sounds? How does it fit in the context of the related "event"? What meaning do these sounds achieve? How would changing the sounds distort or change meaning?
3. McKee cites a pretty jarring quote: In 1762, Thomas Sheridan (1968) pronounced in A Course of Lectures on Elocution that “some of our greatest men have been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be produced but by the living
voice, with its accompaniments” (p. xii). What does Sheridan mean? Can you think of any examples that prove his point or disprove his point? What benefits does an aural delivery claim over "silent" text?
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