Form 8: Shifting Emphasis and Focus in Sentences
Learn how switching between active and passive voice changes sentence emphasis. Practice highlighting different information to suit your writing goals.
Questions
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MultiChoice
If you want to emphasize the recipient/result of an action rather than who did it, which voice should you use?
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To focus attention on the 100-year-old tree rather than the workers, which sentence is best?
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To emphasize Professor Snape as the brilliant creator, which active sentence works best?
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MultiChoice
Which sentence places primary focus on the priceless vase?
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Which passive construction puts focus on the gold medal?
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MultiChoice
If a writer wants to emphasize WHO performed an extraordinary deed, which voice should be selected?
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Which sentence shifts focus onto the victim of the event (the town)?
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MultiChoice
Which sentence emphasizes William Shakespeare as the subject/doer?
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Which sentence emphasizes the famous play 'Hamlet' rather than the playwright?
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What is the main functional difference between active and passive focus?
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Which sentence shifts focus away from the researchers and onto the medical breakthrough?
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Which sentence emphasizes the bravery of the lifeguard?
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Which sentence emphasizes the three swimmers receiving help?
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Which passive sentence keeps the focus squarely on the hospital building?
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Which sentence puts primary emphasis on the cause (a stray bullet)?