Passive voice

highly impactful on perception. Alexandra Frazer and Michelle Miller noted in their article Double Standards in Sentence Structure: Passive Voice in Narratives Describing Domestic Violence, Structuring sentences in a way that emphasizes women’s causal role in such violence, while deemphasizing men’s role, may be one of several mechanisms by which writers and speakers express their attitudes about gender, sex, and power. These mechanisms include the use of erotic rather than violent terminology in rape trials (Bavelas & Coates, 2001), passive-voice use in rape descriptions (Bohner, 2001; Henley et al., 1995), and victim-blaming language in descriptions of rape (Kanekar, Kolsawalla, & D’Souza, 1981). Such expressions may in turn shape whether readers and listeners interpret these acts as voluntary acts of violence against an undeserving victim or as unfortunate experiences that women—at least in part—bring on themselves. (Frazer & Miller, 2008, p.70) Studies show that writers typically prefer the passive voice over active voice twice as often to describe male-on-female violence,…

In his essay, Orwell strives to get the audience to understand that they need to say what they mean get to the point in their writing. He makes his position clear when arguing “that the decline of a language must ultimately have a political and economic causes” (Orwell 1). f 2. He hopes his message resonates with people who write and read about politics, because he urges them to form their own opinions and pay more attention to what they write. 3. Orwell maintains a contradictory tone…

Every college student must know how to write. Writing is not that simple. A lot of mistakes are often overlooked and made. Such as, using the passive voice, using weak verbs, and not having a good variety of sentences. The most crucial thing to do during the writing process is to proofread. Do not write in Passive voice. It is easy to slip into passive writing. Be aware of using: was, is being, has been, had been, will be, must be, and should have been. Passive voice is when the subject…

None of my previous teachers had put an importance on the idea of avoiding a passive voice and only using an active voice. This caused me to believe that I did not need to improve on this subject and the idea was never pushed into my head. When I came into this class, I had come to the attention that I tend to incorporate a passive voice in my writing. Throughout the course, I would try my best to avoid the use of a passive voice however I found it difficult to elude since it was still a fresh…

to 12-point font. c. This change is made to make sure the essay is in a standard format that is easier to grade. 2. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne commits adultery and is forced by the Puritan Society to wear a scarlet “A” on her breast for the rest of her life. a. P/V-Passive Voice b. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne commits adultery and as a punishment, the Puritan Society forces her to wear a…

As any historian could confirm, the way to understand history is to recognize the patterns. Without even knowing it, people fall into situations like puppets on a string, doomed to repeat the pattern everyone else before them has. By that standard, there are some facts: despite every attempt to find or create equality, the strong make their way to the top, usually by standing on the bodies of the weaker ones abused to get there. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, animals fall into the hateful…

People say, “ college level writing comes from college level thinking”. However, students often fail to realize this truth and eventually, criticize their teachers for low grades. In my case, I always viewed myself as an average writer until I joined college.During high school years, when I hear English teachers lecture students on revising their writing, I usually produce an average essay eligible for a fair grade; most of the time, I did receive acceptable grades in those writing .Even so, I…

Because Haas and Flowers (1988) conducted their own research, they are speaking from their own point of view, and because research requires vigorous planning and execution, an active voice is used to reflect that. Haas and Flowers (1988) also avoid complicated jargon so that the study speaks for itself and is easier to digest for the audience. The discourse community also had the authors use Times New Roman font in size twelve, because it is a standard size and font that everyone can understand…

I always proofread my essays, but I guess I need to read them more carefully. Dr. Clermont suggested a few times to run my papers through Paper Rater, and I have to admit that I actually never did that. From now on, I will be using that website for all the ever papers I write, because the small grammar issues are something missing small grammar mistakes is something I domake in all my classes. A specific problem I had throughout all my essays was using the passive voice. In my New Criticism…

keep in mind that a good table i) conveys a lot of information and ii) is easy to read” (Gustavus). In addition to tables, graphs can be used to easily and quickly show trends in data. This allows nearly anyone to draw at least a basic conclusion, such as an upward trend in pH or an equivalence point, even if that person might not know what is causing it or what it means. The overall layout of the report, such as the order of which information is arranged, and the types of tables and graphs…