Activity: Non-active Wording
Completion requirements
Read this section to learn about three types of non-active wording that should be avoided to have quality and impactful diction and get some practice correcting sentences with these types of issues.
Non-Active Wording Definition and Revision Activity
Answer Key
- The college will build an annex to the existing learning center to better help students.
- I cleaned the oven since no one else would.
- Hawa's group argued that more deaths result from poor diet than all the drug over-doses added together.
- Please consider that endangered species exist all over the planet.
- The proposal emphasized long-term goals over short-term profits.