track two

Track Two
The active voice performs an expression
It attempts an action to communicate a point of view
It explains, advises, demands, amuses, offends, suggests, implies,
infers, projects, summarizes, implies, mocks, and can criticize.
Your active voice represents you! it is active, meaning, it is happening now.
The object is to learn to control your voice, which acts upon thought.
Control the voice; don't let it control you!
Your voice, which is part of your emotional being, can lose focus.
many times, our emotions will get in the way of our voice.
anger or hate or even jealousy can deviate from an honest intent
to clarify a situation.
Especially in writing, your voice can stray, becoming incoherent, structureless, and empty of substance.
examples of voice:
1. television is a complete waste of valuable time. Yet without it, life would be boring.
2. Domesticating an animal other than a cat or a dog should be illegal.
3. Calfornia may have great weather, but the smog is unbearable!
Your assignment - write a sentence or two by establishing a clear and active voice on the following words.
1. conceit
2. anger
3. happiness
4 concern
5. worry
6. regret
7. frustration
8. exhiliration
9. love
10. a conviction
Track three
when you write, your voice may indicate time, an action, a condition, or an event. this is called the tense. it is governed by the verb. the varb, which we will talk about later, is a word that acts or links the subject by an action.
the present tense
" I go" is simple present- tells us, simply, an action performing by the subject.
I am going" is what we call the present progressive.
progress is an action in motion. present progressive tells us specifically the action is happening now by the subject.
" i have gone" - the present perfect. it tells us action that happened in the