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Ashley MM Converting Unnecessary, Passive Sentence Constructions to Active Voice “be verb”-ing (To convert, eliminate “be” verb & “—ing” ending; make verb present tense) By beginning the novel Frankenstein with the letters from Captain Walton to his sister, Mary Shelley is showing the similarities between the dangers of Walton’s and Victor’s ambition. e Show WA ; Claro re 1 Passive construction_! Arcuadih fess Wi. For active voice, change to... Show s Frequently, Victor was blaming fate and destiny for his life’s tragedies; he has been telling Walton, “nothing can alter my destiny” (Shelley 25) , ain? ‘ 4 \ 2 Passive construction__VV“ _\w u ) For active voice, change fo. NONE ae 3 Passive construction K2S Ween fehl wy For active voice, change (je eels eee Victor Frankenstein is probably echoing Mary Shelley’s own feelings about mourning and loss in the passage about the death of his mother; he was advising Captain Walton that despite the deaths of loved ones, “...we still had duties which we ought to perform; we must...learn to think ourselves fortunate, whilst one remains whom the spoiler has not seized” (Shelley 40). 4. Passive construction_\5 Rv rbvobly echo m For active voice, change to... nt Passive construction WS adviS 1s For active voice, change to... advis eS “...by the [agent]” (To convert, make the agent the subject of the sentence; rearrange) echo $ Upon his success, the experiment was declared a “catastrophe” (Shelley 55) by Victor, yet a new life was brought into the world by him. 6. Passive construction 4% sexpert wrs_dechved a “covas trop he by Vichy For active voice, change to... Vic tev declares the ex per ment a Cahis trpl-e" rR Passive construction A ew ife was brnZht into the _wo lel by hive For active voice, change to... he brinas a rw Fe info the wey ld Both fate and freewill are being embraced by Victor; defying death shows he wants to challenge the inevitable, yet fate and destiny are often blamed by him. For example, “Thus ended a day memorable to me: it decided my future destiny” (Shelley 45), was said by Victor. 8. Passive construction Wwe Wei) urbraced by Vichy For active voice, change to... Victory erbvraces veh fae ar freew: ll 9. Passive construction @V2 oF th \olarcel by hom For active voice, change to... \W2 N\ blants Fak : ww ASHKY 10. Passive construction_w AS aid vy Vichy For active voice, change to...__ For" okample, Vice expresses t t lareer, Vernon’, Aertel 5 
