Passive vs. Active Voice Voice is the form of a verb that shows whether the subject is performing the action. In English‚ there are two voices: active and passive. Only action verbs indicate the active voice; linking verbs cannot. If the subject of a verb performs the action‚ the voice is active. The captain telephoned the crew. Telegraph messages gathered on the desk. If the subject receives the action‚ the voice is passive. The crew was telephoned by the captain. The telegraph
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companies on the frontier after the War of Independence‚ the farmers also asked for “vacant lands” 41. James Madison‚ The Federalist‚ No. 51 To generate support for the Constitution‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison‚ and John Jay composed 85 essays under Publius in The Federalist. The security of liberty and power balanced power lies in the nation’s size and diversity. 42. James Winthrop on the Anti-Federalist Argument. He insisted that large states would later turn to enforcing uniformity
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Places That Shaped Me When a person thinks of their geologic location‚ they think of where they are on the Earth. A geographer would say that is one part of a location‚ space‚ the other concept of a location is place. When actually defining a sense of space there has to be an exact coordinate and distance to an area. Place on the other hand is the infusing of a location with meaning and emotion. It is important to have both of these aspects to a location because it defines where it is physically
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The piece in Voices of the Bayou I chose is “Love is Love” by Kelly‚ a woman who grew up in a small country town in Livonia‚ Louisiana. This piece was specifically to inform others about racism‚ how it affected her life growing up and how it is now still a problem in the world. Also‚ she goes into detail about how she chose to be her own person and stand out from the racism that went on in her family. She then further explains that she believes in equality and everyone should be treated the same
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The theater Lend Me a Tenor is ta comedy work of Ken Ludwig‚ a famous American playwright. The show’s first performance on Broadway in 1989 was a huge success. It has been translated into sixteen languages so far and has been staged around the world for a long time‚ considered the highest representative of Broadway comedies. The author narrated the story with combination of climactic and episodic plot construction‚ in which there are lots of people and events‚ and there exists some parallel plots
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at first. His movies has a weird kind of message. In all his movies the main chacater is always the one learning the lesson. All his movies are very dark but has a happy theme to the message A element used in Burton’s films is the element of distinctive characters. Characters that don’t fit in to society and are frowned open in a way. Characters outside the norm. We see the use of this element in most of Burton’s films‚ for example in Edward Scissor hands. Edward lives in a mansion on top of a
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1) The importance of business costs: costs are very important to all businesses. Managing and reducing costs is important because 2) Start-up costs & running costs: start-up costs are… three examples are… running costs are… three examples are… 3) Business sectors: businesses are grouped into three sectors according to what they do (activities). The primary sector involves… three examples are … the secondary sector involves … three examples are.. There tertiary sector involves… three examples are
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finding the ground of yourself‚ knowing where you come from and the elements that make you what and who you are. Yeah‚ for some people it does seem pretty easy. But from where I’m coming from‚ it’s a whole different story. Let me start off by sharing a little biography about me. My name is Denice Mikaela Bayson Mendoza a..k.a Mikee. I’m 20 years old and I live in Makati City. I studied pre-school‚ elementary and high school in St. Scholastica’s College Manila but got kicked out after my freshman year
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talk about the Port. He wants to seem on par with Gerald’s dad. Pg. 2. Birling port has aspirations but is inferior Sheila calls her mother mummy-in her 20s- she’s playing the little girl under her mother’s thumb. Tell cook from me- not supposed to have that kind of communication. (Especially in front of a visitor) Gerald had an affair- Sheila – you never came near me. Mrs B saying don’t tease him shows that it’s a man’s world. It’s a though she believes in convention of men having a higher
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This man hits on Elmire‚ Orgon’s wife‚ behind Orgon’s back and his loyalty and true character start to show. Orgon’s son‚ Damis witnesses the betrayal and tries to expose Tartuffe for the fraud he is‚ but instead Orgon banishes him for treason. The voice of reasoning in this situation is Cleante‚ Orgon’s brother. In Act IX‚ Scene 1 Cleante is questioning Tartuffe’s true motives regarding Orgon’s banishing of Damis when he says to Tartuffe‚ “Suppose the worst for us—suppose Damis/ Acted the traitor
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