The Use of the Passive Voice Has an Important Role

question 55

Multiple Choice

The use of the passive voice has an important role to play

• A) when we wish to communicate in a sonorous fashion.
• B) when counterbalancing excesses of active voice in a document.
• C) when wishing to be diplomatic or avoiding laying blame.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Law

Principles of the Gestalt psychology movement that describe how humans naturally organize visual elements into whole objects rather than perceiving the parts separately.

Similarity

The state or fact of being alike or having common features or attributes.

Gestalt Law

Psychological principles that describe how humans tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes.

Figure-Ground

A perceptual principle signifying the organization of visual elements into objects (the figure) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).