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Clouse: Jumpstart
Jumpstart!: A Workbook for Writers, 2/e
Barbara Fine Clouse
The Perfect Tenses/Active and Passive Voice

Writing On- and Offline



This activity will help familiarize you with professional writers' use of the perfect tenses and the active and passive voices. Visit any or all of the following sites and locate an essay that interests you:

Study your essay giving special attention to use of the perfect tenses and the active and passive voices.



1

How does the writer you've chosen employ these? What work do they do?

For additional help with verbs, visit The Purdue University Writing Lab.



2

Take notes during your visit.








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