Chapter 8 is about using active verbs by pairing it with a subject that names the noun doing the action. Using an active verb can make a sentence express more meaning. As mentioned in the chapter when using a verb in the passive tone can require more structure or strength because their subjects receive the action instead of doing it. When you carefully select active verbs it can make the piece of writing come to life. For example: The goalie crouched low, reached swept out his stick, and sent hooked the rebound away from the mouth of the net. The chapter mentions using an active voice so that the sentence is more effective, simple and direct.
Ex.
ACTIVE- Hernando caught the fly ball.
PASSIVE- The fly ball was caught by Hernando.
And the last thing is that some be verbs can result to dull or wordy sentences. For example using be verbs such as be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been. Only consider replacing it if your sentence needs to be more expressive.
I love to read stories or papers that is expressive. I want to be able to picture myself where ever their story takes place. This chapter was very short but helped in many ways. Now, I can definitely read through some of my papers to keep them from being so dull. No one wants to read a dull or wordy paper. I didn’t realize that sometimes using be verbs can make a paper boring.
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