Passive Active (Specific) Active (General)
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happening
is – 14
be – 2
are - 4
have - 4
became
was - 12
has
would
happened
allow
become
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cloning
reproducing
de-extinct
revive
born
split
compare
frozen
killing
overshadow
claims
extract
referred
obtained
adapted
killed
caught
preserved
gathered
stripped
injected
implanted
carried
cloned
adapted
intertwined
invaded
issued
signed
attended - 2
acquired
reassured
slaughtered
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try - 2
think
bringing
causing
breathe
die
consider
means
limits
speak - 3
understand
looks
dresses
want
present
known
compare
lives
resemble
choosing
receive – 2
further
claims
goes
asks
telling
placed
carried
lived - 3
died - 3
raised
brought - 2
called
received
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Q: Looking at the breakdown of your verb choices here, what do you notice about your current draft? Are the actions in your piece mostly general, vague or non-specific? Are the actions mostly vivid and specific? Are there instances of passive voice? Summarize what you learned by analyzing your verb usage in this way.
A: Based off of this breakdown of my verbs, my draft contains a lot of active specific and active general verbs. I am a little surprised at how many active specific verbs I employed. My draft was a very rough cut that I had planned to go back and revise a lot before submission. With this being said, I am quite happy with how much detail I was able to capture in my specific choices. I do use passive voice also in my draft.
Q: Based on this analysis, how could your use of verbs be improved overall in the project? Be specific and precise in explaining this.
A: Although my active verb columns look incredibly longer than my passive verb column, if you look closely I use my passive verbs more often than my active. This tells me I am somewhat repetitive in my writing. By changing around my sentence structure, I can improve the overall quality of my project.
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