Here are the difference of the passive, aggressive and assertive in personality. Passive = "You step on me" Assertive = "Both are protected" Agressive = "I step on you" Now, we can differentiate the 3, The passive is the one who's always quiet and low in self-esteem, the agressive is the one with strong personality and the assertive is in the middle
The first choice is correct, because the other two don't make sense. An action verb connects phrases into sentences, and your paragraphs should relate to each other!