Question: You may have heard of active voice and passive voice before, but many writers are not sure what these terms really mean.
- Please explore these two resources to learn about passive and active voice:
- Mastering the Passive Voice, from UMUC's Effective Writing Center
- Active and Passive Voice, from Purdue OWL (Click "Next Resource" at the bottom to proceed through the lesson.)
- Then, please complete the following:
- Explain the difference between active and passive voice.
- Identify some reasons for using active voice and some reasons for using passive voice.
- Post a substantive response to another student's post. For example, you might expand on a point the person made or offer another example.