Local Revision: Passive and Active Voice

Active vs. Passive

Alborzagros. "English Dictionaries and Thesaurus Books" 01/31/2011 via Wikipedia Commons. 

Active (Specific):

battling

shines

thrive

wades

struggle

handcrafted

choked

encourage
established
traced
united
overlooks
plagued
imploded
announced
imposed

relies

deny

rebuild

increase

abandon

forcing

recovering 

Active (General):

talk

take

experienced

seen

experience

became

sits

seen

founded

functions

sits

offers

meet

seen

consists

founded

was

proved

came

took

represents

working

switched

founded

contains

ties

pulls

continued 

adopt

lied

borrow

took

pay

grow

visited

made

bought

put

pushed
lower
leave
take
rely
offered
operate
raise

cut

grow

was

Passive:

is

talking

struggling

making

removing

borrowing

raising

requiring

leading

bringing

stop

allowing

1. I noticed that the majority of my verbs are general active verbs but I do have a large amount of specific active verbs as well. The actions in my piece are both vague and vivid. Some actions are more general than others due to the content of this piece being finance and government where things and decisions can be very black and white, leaving little to the imagination. Overall, the mix of verbs aids my podcast greatly in conveying the issue while also touching on the passion and emotion involved within the controversy from multiple different parties. I have learned that verb usage can be essential for imagery and displaying strong emotions on topics. With an accurate use of verb choice, a piece can be greatly increased and people will be more likely to take their time listening to the entirety of the podcast. 

2. After an analysis of how verbs were used overall in the project, I believe the best thing to improve on would be including a variety of verbs. By using both specific and general verbs I can introduce variety to the structure of my podcast and convey the information in a manner that is beneficial to my audience. An example of this is if instead of saying "Greece went into debt", I say "Greece plunged into debt" then the audience will likely be pulled into the content easily and then listen through the whole segment for all the information since it seems more interesting with a variety of verbs.