Local Revisions: Passive and Active Voice

Active (Specific)	Active (General)	Passive
Exploding	Open	Decide
Ensure	Help	Isn't
Suffered	Take	Destroying
Flooded	Prevent	Causing
Exploded	Began	Reaching
Plunged	Backing	Caused
Forced	Using	Let
	Experiencing	Affected
	Pushing	Placed
	Explode	Put
	Shut	Made
	Damaged	Hit
	Spread
	Produced
	Started
	Continued
	Turned
	Traveled
	Occured
	Relied

OpenClipArtVectors, "Megaphone Voice", 10/12/13, CC0 Public Domain

1. 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.
Based on the list abov it seems like my project contains a large amount of General Active voice verbs. The next highest type of verb is the passive verbs and then finally the Specific Active voice. The verbs used are not very vivid in detail and a majority ofthem are not specific. By analyzing the verbs I used it seems like I will need to change quite a few sentences in my QRG to make it more engaing for the audience.

2. Based on this analysis, how could your use of verbs be improved overall in the project? Be specific and precise in explaining this.
Using more Sepcific Active voice verbs will improve my QRG. I used many active verbs but they are very general and do not give a good description of the event. By using more Specific Active voice verbs, the audience will recieve a more vivid description of the events. I also used the verb exploded quite a few times and probalby should find a different verb to keep from being repeatative.