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Writing w/ Active Voice - Coggle Diagram
Writing w/ Active Voice
Necessary Passive
agent unimportant
helps reader move easily between sentences
give consistent viewpoint
make an agent
Precise agent
'DNA encodes genetic info'
Abstract agent
'Research identifies ...'
'Heart disease claims the largest number of deaths in the USA'
Personify an agent
'The next section considers...'
'Mainstream physics continues to doubt ...'
Life Sciences article
Put Sub at the start of sentences
avoid passive
Sub follows with strong verbs
HW
Physics article
Q: Turn Passive into Active