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Michael Correa Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Passive to Active Voice

They say "active voice sentences are better than passive voice"

The dramatic increase of childhood obesity is caused by three significant factors: home environment, availability of fast foods and the controversial media influence.

how to make this in active voice with a catchy and punchy thesis statement?
  

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Michael Correa They say "active voice sentences are better than passive voice" No, this is not always true—particularly in scholarly writing like your example. I don't know about 'catchy' or 'punchy' (which means 'confused'), but this is active: Home environment, availability of fast foods, and the controversial media influence are three significant factors that cause the dramatic increase of childhood obesity.

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  • Michael Correa They say "active voice sentences are better than passive voice" No, this is not always true—particularly in scholarly writing like your example.
  • I don't know about 'catchy' or 'punchy' (which means 'confused'), but this is active: Home environment, availability of fast foods, and the controversial media influence are three significant factors that cause the dramatic increase of childhood obesity.
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Michael CorreaThey say "active voice sentences are better than passive voice"
No, this is not always true—particularly in scholarly writing like your example. I don't know about 'catchy' or 'punchy' (which means 'confused'), but this is active:

Home environment, availability of fast foods, and the controversial media influence are three significan
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catchy - i mean something that can catch attention

punchy - I mean something like the person will say "wow" when they read my thesis statement ..
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