Despite the fact that world literature stories usually come from other countries and cultures, there is always some meaning that we can take from their intended messages.
Re-written sentence with correct punctuation:
Pastor Elrod's sermon today was based on Matthew 5:3; which is the opening verse of the Sermon on the Mount.
The tone of this excerpt from Maureen Daly's famous story "Sixteen" is primarily intimate, but also frank, sentimental, chatty, colloquial, and a little bit impassioned. The narrator is describing, informally and enthusiastically, a casual, but seemingly very cherished, encounter with a boy, and she appears to be very comfortable sharing her intimate feelings with her interlocutor, judging by some of her expressions - "don't be silly, I told you before, I get around," "Don't you see? This was different," or "It was all so lovely."
Answer:
It is passive voice.
Explanation:
active voice:
The batter hits the ball straight into the bleachers.
