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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.
(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
Tuesday, 8/28
1. The campfire was doused by the ranger before we were given a ticket for unauthorized use of a campsite.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.
(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)
•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
8/29
2. A strange sound was made in the willow tree by the monkey that had escaped from the zoo.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.
(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
8/30
Her letter was in acknowledgment of the student’s participation in the literacy program.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
8/31 The campfire was doused by the ranger before we were given a ticket for unauthorized use of a campsite.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
9/4
The work of Paul Oakenfold and Sandra Collins was influential in my choice of music for my audition.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
9/17
When Rosa Parks was resistant to giving up her seat on the bus, she became a civil rights hero.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences.•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
9/19
Burying nuclear waste in Antarctica would be in violation of an international treaty.
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Tip of the week…Prefer active verbs
•Use the active voice unless you have a good reason for choosing passive voice.•Replace be verbs that result in dull or wordy sentences. (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been)•As a rule, choose a subject that names the person or thing doing the action.
9/20
The use of pure oxygen can cause healing in wounds that are otherwise untreatable.
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Tip of the week…Provide some variety
•Vary your sentence openings.
•Use a variety of sentence structures.
•Try inverting sentences occasionally.
9/24
A few drops of sap eventually began to trickle into the bucket.
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Tip of the week…Provide some variety
•Vary your sentence openings.
•Use a variety of sentence structures.
•Try inverting sentences occasionally.
9/25
Edward, dejected and withdrawn, nearly gave up his search for a job.
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Tip of the week…Provide some variety
•Vary your sentence openings.
•Use a variety of sentence structures.
•Try inverting sentences occasionally.
9/26
Beowulf sails to Denmark to help Hrothgar defend his people against the monster Grendel.
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Tip of the week…Provide some variety
•Vary your sentence openings.
•Use a variety of sentence structures.
•Try inverting sentences occasionally.
9/27
Beowulf’s battle with Grendel ends when he snaps off Grendel’s arm, and the monster flees to his lair to die..