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Appendix 3 Name:______________________ Date:______________________

Stylistic Writing: Using the Active Voice


You will be using COCA to locate and identify be verbs in written academic registers and determine sentences structures t at can and cannot be transformed from t e passive voice to t e active voice! You will remember from your readings t at in t e passive voice t e sub"ect of t e sentence receives t e action! #: $y mind is made up! % am going to t e s ow wit out you A: % made up my mind to go to t e s ow wit out you! Also remember t at not all sentences can be transformed wit out c anging t e meaning of t e sentence or causing a conflict in relation wit t e following sentence&s' #: (tandpoint t eory is compatible wit social wor)* w ic also deals wit people at t e margins of society and see)s to en ance t eir sense of dignity and wort !!! You can see t at t e be verb acts as a modifier to t e eadword and transforming t e sentence would c ange t e meaning of t e sentence! #lease edit t e following sentences for active voice +! A ig ly creative person is more li)ely to produce below,average -uality! A highly creative person more than likely produces below average quality. .! % love being in t is band* and % want it to be a career t ing! I love being in this band and to make it a career thing. 3! You are not going to get caug t! % already made you t is* in case you!!! !ou wil not get caught. I already made you this in case you... /! % was t in)ing t e same t ing myself I thought the same thing mysel". 0! All eyes were focused on t e glass! #veryone$s eyes "ocused on the glass. 1! $ay2s daddy was someone w o only came ome w en e got tired of being any ot er place! %ay$s daddy was someone who only came home when he got tired o" other places 3! %2d been wor)ing for 4rady for ten mont s and it still felt wrong! I worked "or &randy "or ten months and it still "elt wrong (earc COCA for t e following be verb registers and locate one form in w ic t e sentence can be transformed from passive to active voice and edit t e sentence* and locate one sentence in w ic c anging t e voice would c ange t e meaning of t e sentence or cause conflict wit t e following sentences! 5emember you can searc specifically for different registers suc as academic* maga6ines* news* fiction* etc! w ic may ma)e it easier to locate t e different forms of active voice! 5emember t at you need to be accurate and t oroug wit your researc so for eac searc ed term please list t e register you used to searc for t e word as well as t e count in w ic it occurs!

Appendix 3 &e: #assive: News $isc &1' 7 e program appears to be a success! Active: 7 e program appears successful! Non 7ransformable: News $isc &01' 8 y %t (tands Out: Don2t be scared by t e menu description of it as 9 eart y tasting! Is: News $isc &/:' #assive: ;% can2t explain w y t e s ow is so popular* 9 e says! 9 (tar 8ars or 7 e <ord of t e!!!= Active: ;% can2t explain t e popularity of t e s ow*= e says! ;(tar 8ars of <ord of t e!!!= Non 7ransformable: $ag >ntertain &+:' % )now % am not alone w en % say e is a fan favorite! Are: #assive: ?iction @uvenile &//' And %2m not nearly as good as you are! Active: And %2m not nearly as good as you Non 7ransformable: ?iction @uvenile &1' 7 ey are "oined by a group of travelers also eading to 7erra Nova! Was: #assive: Newspaper &:' %t was in our opinion t at @oe #aterno did not meet is moral obligation and for t at!!! Active: %n our opinion* @oe #aterno did not meet is moral obligation and for t at!!! Non 7ransformable: Newspaper %t2s ow % was broug t up! Were: #assive: (po)en ?OA &+1' 7 at2s t e couple* and we almost were beginning to lean over t e table to say* 7urn t is way and loo) at!!!

Appendix 3 Active: 7 at2s t e couple* and we almost began to lean over t e table to say* 7urn t is way and loo) at!!! Non 7ransformable: (po)en ?OA And were t ere ot er deat t reatsB &eing: #assive: ?iction &3:' % admit to being intrigued wit w at t ey said* and t ey are suc li)able fellows! Active: % admit t at % am intrigued wit w at t ey said* and t ey are suc li)able fellows! Non 7ransformable: ?iction &3' % ear t e same loud noise* t e one % )now is a gun being fired! &een: #assive: Academic &::' Active participation as been s own to increase treatment ad erence and ealt promoting be aviour! Active: Active participation as s own to increase treatment ad erence and ealt promoting be aviour! Non 7ransformable: Academic &3:' 7 ere ave been /. cases of measles in t e current outbrea)* most connected to!!!

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