FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, RHETORIC, GRAMMAR II

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INTRO. TO LITERARY RESEARCH & WRITING

INSTRUCTOR: James Maxfield

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Ex. #10
 

bullet Sample #10

Transforming Passive Sentences to Active Sentences

Read through your paper draft and locate 10 passive sentences that would make your paper stronger if they were changed to active mood.

Transform the 10 sentences. 

Turn in your original passive sentence and your transformation for Ex. 10.

See attached sample.  Note that in the sample, some sentences are active and changed to passive.  Ignore this.  The sample was made for a different exercise in English 1010.

 

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