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Academic Writing Game

Academic Writing Game. By: Education Nation (Tristan, Katia, Kevin, Kennedy, and Eric). Active Voice. Active voice is where a direct action is being carried out by the subject. Ex: The bird flew into the building. Passive Voice. Passive voice is where the subject is being acted upon.

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Academic Writing Game

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  1. Academic WritingGame By: Education Nation (Tristan, Katia, Kevin, Kennedy, and Eric)

  2. Active Voice • Active voice is where a direct action is being carried out by the subject. • Ex: The bird flew into the building.

  3. Passive Voice • Passive voice is where the subject is being acted upon. • Ex: The building was hit by the bird.

  4. Clichés • A cliché is a word or phrase that has been overused. • Ex: In the nick of time, as old as the hills, a diamond in the rough, the time of my life, etc.

  5. Parallel Structure • Parallel structure is the use of words and phrases that have the same structure. Using the right parallel structure gives your writing a better flow. • Ex. Of Bad Structure: My friends and I went swimming and then we watched a movie. • Corrected: My friends and I swam and watched a movie.

  6. The man burned the book. • *Describe the voice type Active

  7. The man burned the book. • *Describe the voice type Active

  8. The deer was hit by a car. • *Describe the voice type Passive

  9. The deer was hit by a car. • *Describe the voice type Passive

  10. The warrior defeated his enemies. • *Change the voice of the sentence The enemies were defeated by the warrior.

  11. The warrior defeated his enemies. • *Change the voice of the sentence The enemies were defeated by the warrior.

  12. The fireworks were lit by technicians. • *Change the voice of the sentence The technicians lit the fireworks.

  13. The fireworks were lit by technicians. • *Change the voice of the sentence The technicians lit the fireworks.

  14. The small child laughed and then he was crying. • *Correct the parallelism The small child laughed and then cried. Alternate answer is acceptable.

  15. The small child laughed and then he was crying. • *Correct the parallelism The small child laughed and then cried. Alternate answer is acceptable.

  16. The couple traveled to Paris and then they were going to Spain. • *Correct the parallelism The couple traveled to Paris and then went to Spain.

  17. The couple traveled to Paris and then they were going to Spain. • *Correct the parallelism The couple traveled to Paris and then went to Spain.

  18. The woman was frightened to death. • Does this sentence have a cliché? Yes “frightened to death”

  19. The woman was frightened to death. • Does this sentence have a cliché? Yes “frightened to death”

  20. The young boy drank a soda. • Does this sentence have a cliché? No!!

  21. The young boy drank a soda. • Does this sentence have a cliché? No!!

  22. THE END

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