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Challenge summary

Summary: Active or passive voice
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1 – 2 hours
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Time to edit your essay once more paying special attention to the use of active or passive voice.

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web resources

Stimulus resources

  1. Take home message from the video.
  2. Lessons learned from the matching activity.
  3. Knowledge acquired through your reading of Section 16.2 from the Handbook for writers course.

objectives

Purpose

It’s time to edit your essay again but this time the focus will be on the voice you used. The purpose of this learning challenge is to:

  • Identify where you used the wrong voice.
  • Improve the impact of your essay by editing sentences to privilege the active voice.
  • Help you get one step closer to a final draft.