Answer:
a. There is one example of a passive voice in the draft. The passive voice is used in sentences 1.
b. There is only one state-of-being word in the draft. It is in sentence 8. In sentence 8, it explains how important workplace fitness is.
c. Sentence 7 contains an expletive. It is the phrase "don't hesitate to." The sentence could have been written as "Please, contact me with any questions," without the expletive.
Explanation:
a. Passive voice: In a passive voice, the action is performed on the subject, who receives the action, while in an active voice, the subject performs the action.
b. State-of-being verbs: are linking verbs that identify who or what a noun is or was. They include "is," "am," "be," "been," "being," "was," "were," and "are."
c. Expletive is an empty word or phrase that conveys no additional or independent meaning.
Because much of the research in psychology was done by males on males, an argument can be made that psychology is SEXIST
A simile compares things using "like" or "as". A metaphor doesn't use those words. Instead, it mostly uses is. For example,
Simile: This light is as bright as the sun. Or,
The football player falls to the ground like a leaf.
Metaphor: Your house is a castle. Or,
The cat is a monster.
Explanation:
comma
Answer: A comma should follow a dependent clause when the dependent clause comes first in a sentence. A dependent clause is the clause which cannot stand alone in its meaning on the other hand independent clause refers to the phrase which can stand alone, though both have a subject and a verb.
