Writing to Learn

5. Crotchets and Convictions

• Lifesaving verbs: Active verbs are stronger than passive verbs, because they propel a sentence forward. They also enable us to picture who did what, because they require a pronounce or a noun: “I,” “we”, “she,” “you,” “boy,” “girl,” Seeing a pronoun or a noun and an active verb together, we visualize a specific event that occurred at a specific moment. Passive verbs have no such energy or precision.