{"id":4270,"date":"2016-11-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2020-10-23T07:05:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:05:18","slug":"passive-voice-3-things-need-know-better-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/passive-voice-3-things-need-know-better-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive Voice: 3 Things You Need to Know for a Better Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the terms active voice and passive voice and have probably even heard that you should usually write in active voice (and avoid passive voice).<\/p>\n

But what does that mean? And why should you even care? Let me explain.<\/p>\n

Here are three things you need to know about passive voice in order to write a better essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What the Heck Are Active and Passive Voice, Anyway?<\/h2>\n

When you write in active voice, the subject is doing something. When you write in passive voice, the object of the sentence (what is being acted upon) becomes the subject.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I know. Confusing. That\u2019s why lots of people aren\u2019t big fans of grammar.<\/p>\n