ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE
In this voice, the subject performs the action.
What is active voice?
Using matching grammatical patterns in a list.
What is parallel structure?
This type of modifier sits too far from the word it describes.
What is a misplaced modifier?
This is the writer’s main position on an issue.
What is a claim?
Identify the device: “She ran like the wind.”
What is a simile?
Identify the voice, "The classroom was decorated by the students."
What is passive voice?
Complete the patterns: "She enjoys reading, writing, and ___________
a. to draw
b. drawing
What is B. drawing?
This type of modifier leaves out the intended person or thing doing the action.
What is a dangling modifier?
Facts, examples, and data used to support a claim are called this.
What is evidence?
Identify the device: “The classroom was a freezer.”
What is a metaphor?
Identify the voice, "The students were decorating the classroom."
What is active voice?
Correct the parallel structure: "Our team practiced passing, shooting, and to defend.
What is "Our team practiced passing, shooting, and defending.
Identify the error: “Walking to class, my notebook fell open.”
What is a dangling modifier? The notebook cannot walk to class.
This presents a position that opposes the writer’s claim.
What is a counterclaim?
Identify the device: “The wind whispered through the trees.”
What is personification?
Change to active voice: "The winning team touchdown was scored by Alston."
What is "Alston scored the winning touchdown?"
Correct the sentence: “The teacher asked us to read carefully, taking notes, and answer questions.”
What is “The teacher asked us to read carefully, take notes, and answer questions”?
Correct the sentence: “The teacher handed a worksheet to the student covered in practice questions.”
What is “The teacher handed a worksheet covered in practice questions to the student”?
This part of an argument explains why a counterclaim is less convincing or should not change the writer’s position.
What is a rebuttal?
Identify the device: “I have told you a million times!”
What is hyperbole?
Change to passive voice: "The principal announced the winners."
What is "The winners were announced by the principal?'
Correct the pattern: “The workshop teaches students how to plan, how to draft, and revising their essays.”
What is “The workshop teaches students how to plan, how to draft, and how to revise their essays”?
Identify and correct the error: “After finishing the homework, the television was turned on.”
What is a dangling modifier? “After finishing the homework, I turned on the television.”
Claim: “The library should open early because students need a quiet study space.” Which detail best supports it? A. The library has blue chairs. B. In a survey, 40 of 50 students said they needed a quiet place to study before class. Explain why
What is B? It shows that students report needing the proposed study space.
Identify the device and explain its meaning: “Before my presentation, my stomach was a washing machine.”
What is a metaphor?