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Censored 2011, Chapter 14
Project Censored Chapter 14, “Increased Tensions with Unresolved 9/11 Issues”
Writing in the Active Voice
As a general rule, cast your sentences in the active voice. In the active voice, the subject of the sentence does the action. In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is not the agent doing the action. Instead of writing, “The cat was kicked by Joe,†write, ” Joe kicked the cat.” It means the same thing, but the ability to express an idea in fewer words helps to clarify your meaning and makes the readers’ job much more pleasant. It doesn’t seem like much when dealing with a simple sentence–three words instead of five–but compounded over the course of an extended essay, this can represent a significant amount of extraneous prose.
Weak verbs: is, are, was,were, have, has, had, am,
Strong verbs: Any of the thousands of action words such as “run,” “study,” “eat,” “remember,” etc.
Examples:
Kenia is an author of novels. (weak–passive)
(Revision) Kenia writes novels. (strong verb–active)
Gary is a member of the club. (weak)
(Revision) Gary belongs to the club. (strong)
Yamen was of the opinion that it would rain today.
(Revision)Â Yamen believed it would rain day.
MLA Format
John Prine “Picture Show”
John Prine “Picture Show (video)
These are the lines I would use to address Sontag’s comments regarding photography as a “tool of power” in her essay.
“A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a reservation.
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul
Waiting on an explanation
While the white man sits on his fat can
And takes pictures of the Navajo
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
He steals a little bit of soul.
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
He steals a little bit of soul.”
I hope you like Old School (Do any of you know who James Dean was?)
Picture Show
A young man from a small town
With a very large imagination
Lay alone in his room with his radio on
Looking for another station
When the static from the mouthpiece
Gave way to the sound below
James Dean went out to Hollywood
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
James Dean went out to Hollywood
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
And it’s Oh Daddy get off of your knees
Mamma why’d you have to go
Your darling Jim is out a limb
I put my picture in a Picture Show
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Hamburgers Cheeseburgers
Wilbur and Orville Wright
John Garfield in the afternoon
Montgomery Clift at night
When the static hit the mouthpiece
Gave way to the sound below
James Dean went out to Hollywood
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Repeat Chorus:
A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a reservation.
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul
Waiting on an explanation
While the white man sits on his fat can
And takes pictures of the Navajo
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
He steals a little bit of soul.
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
He steals a little bit of soul.
Repeat Chorus:
Yie Hi! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Here we go!
A young man from a small town
With a very large imagination…
UCD T-Th (4:10-6:00), F (3:10-4:00)
Office Hours: I’ll be outside the cafeteria “north of the west quad” during the hours noted on the syllabus. A few of my students suggested that I describe to you my location by saying, “I’m on the south side of the MU, north of the west quad.”
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