Read this student summary of act 1 of The Miracle Worker. In act 1, twenty-year-old Annie Sullivan is preparing to leave her school and become a teacher herself. She is bidding farewell to Anagnos, her mentor, and to many young girls who have been her students and friends. The action slows when Annie and Anagnos have a discussion, and the play becomes boring. Then Anagnos and the girls present her with gifts, and she is appreciative and sentimental. She voices some concerns about leaving Perkins. Which sentence should be removed to improve this summary? In act 1, twenty-year-old Annie Sullivan is preparing to leave her school and become a teacher herself. She is bidding farewell to Anagnos, her mentor, and to many young girls who have been her students and friends. The action slows when Annie and Anagnos have a discussion, and the play becomes boring. Then Anagnos and the girls present her with gifts, and she is appreciative and sentimental.

The action slows when Annie and Anagnos have a discussion, and the play becomes boring.

Explanation:

This is not someting that they should include in a summary. Instead it should be replaced by what Annie and Anagnos are talking about for an effective summary.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.