Sunday, February 21, 2016

Local Revision: Passive and Active Voice


Active (Specific)
Provided
Clashed
Hashed (hashed it out)
Watch
Break
Meet
Uphold
Came
Rose
Scream
Support 
Backing
Present
Promote
Debate
Shined
Begins
Tries
Believes
Understand
Exists
Finished
Cited
Back (as in to support)
Believes
Continues
Differs
Believe
Prevented
Thinking
Observe
Exists
Surrounding
Boiled
Defined
Defended
Compare
Operated
Represent
Understand
Stands
Stunt
Continu
Evolve
Participate
Shed (shed light)
Spreading
Worried
Perform
Consider
Converting
Believe
Flop
Further
Spend
Remember
Active (General): Know
Had
Went
Began
Seemed
Is
Agree
Is
Got
Was
Don’t
Sit
Is
Is
Came
Doesn’t
Is
Doesn’t
Is
Is
Is
Has
Bet
Is
Is
Has
Gives
Took
Is
Was
Were
Begins
Tries
Is
Is
Is
Is
Do
Do
Is
Begins
Does
Had
Did
Has
Is
Works
Had
Did
Have
Have
Did
Are
Thinking
Can
Should
Can
Is
Know
Gets
Use
Is
Be
Claims
Have
Should
Left
Done
Are
Is
Are
Makes
Was
Come
Is
Will
Give
Is
Is
Can
Is
Pick
Is
Look
Is
Is
Were
Lose
Run
Could
Do
Would
Is
Having
Back
Is
Had
Is
Is
Is
Are
Would
Would
Be
Grow
Fall
Agreed
Is
Seems
Wants
Hear
Will
become
Think
Get
Hear
Get
Would
Want
Would
Has
Say
Are
Is
Can
Is
Is
Is
Are
Is
Is
Know
Be
Can
Agree
is


Passive:

Released
Spur (like to spur something on)
Fill
Rejected
Following
Indoctrinated
Taken
Proven
Take


Reflection:
My verbs are so so so so so general, and most of my subjects are described very vaguely, apparently. I don't use much passive voice, which I know is good because it's much less descriptive and connected than active voice. However, I think I could stand to be quite a bit more specific and engaging when I describe things, especially the proceedings of the debate.


Specifically, I need to find verbs to replace some of the more dull active verbs I used. If this only goes so far, the best alterative would be to add descriptive phrases along with those to make sure I'm sufficiently describing things. Additionally, I could probably re-word some sentences and try to avoid some of the "is"-type verbs. (Although in my defense, a lot of those are used in contractions, which hopefully are legal in QRGs. I found them in the example QRGs so I'm hoping they are. It feels more conversational and less boring. But that's more of a side note.


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