Appendix 4.

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Editing for Passive Voice

Using AntConc load your text file into the program and search for the the following be er! forms: !e" is" was" were" !een" !eing. #nce you ha e searched for each term write down the num!er of times each occurs throughout your paper and copy up to 1$ of er! form registers for be and is that can !e edited from passi e oice to acti e oice and % for was" were" !een" !eing. #nce you ha e ha e completed your search ma&e the appropriate edits to change the oice from passi e oice to acti e oice. 'f you do not thin& the er! can !e edited from passi e to acti e oice indicate with an ( !y the register and indicate why. )*: 11 1. +he picture of o!ser ation is created when the !oys retreat to the trees and" , A faint wind moaned through the trees and +om feared it might !e the spirit of the dead" complaining at !eing distur!ed" ./$0 ( 1uote from the author %. +om 2awyer allows more o!ser ation to be done from the outside !ecause the pictures are created !y +om s g ames that irtually ha e no conse1uences. +om 2awyer allows more o!ser ation from the outside !ecause the pictures are created !y +oms games... 3.+o become a hero in 4ar& +wain5s no els you must do nothing" which appears to be heroic" and ris& e erything. 6ero7s in 4ar& +wain8s no els do nothing which appears heroic as they ris& e erything 4.'n 9ife on the 4ississippi and +om 2awyer the characters that are seen as heroes do nothing that would be stri&ing as heroic. /.'n 9ife on the 4ississippi and +om 2awyer the characters that are seen as heroes do nothing stri&ingly appears heroic. :. ;. <. =.

Appendix 4.1 1$. '2: ;/ 1.+his style of writing allows the reader to !ecome an o!ser er in the action that is going on within his no els. +his style of writing allows the reader to !ecome an o!ser er in the action that goes on within his no els. %.+wain o ercomes this and creates windows of o!ser ation for the reader to see what is going on through description. +wain o ercomes this and creates windows of o!ser ation for the reader to see what goes on through description. 3. 'n the scene where the narrator is left for the first time !y )ix!y and is challenged on his confidence" at the end of the story we are gi en a window of o!ser ation when the narrator" heard the door close gently. 'n the scene where the narrator leaves for the first time !y )ix!y and is .( headword ageement0 challenged on his confidence" at the end of the story we are gi en a window of o!ser ation when the narrator" heard the door close gently. 4. /. :. ;. <. =. 1$. >A2: 11 1.+his scene shows how +wain was a!le to create a picture or window of o!ser ation without telling the reader what he was doing. +his scene shows how +wain creates a picture or window of o!ser ation without telling the reader what he did. %.

Appendix 4.1 >*?*: % 1.9i&ewise the further the reader was from the narrator the further danger was and the conse1uences were lessened. 9i&ewise the further the reader was from the narrator the further danger was and the conse1uences were lessened. .( headword agreement0 %. )**N: $ 1. %. )*'N@: ; 1. +his is explained o er and o er throughout +wain5s no els with examples of people acting out heroic acts not being gi en the title of !ecoming a hero. +his is explained o er and o er throughout +wain5s no els with examples of people acting out heroic acts not receiving the title of !ecoming a hero. %.