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Chapter 10 suggests that the passive voice is generally more appropriate than the active voice in four circumstances. One is when the agent is clear from the context, as in “Students are required to take both writing courses,” in which it is clear that the college set the requirements. Under which of the following circumstances is the passive voice NOT appropriate?

Chapter 1 identifies nine measures of excellence in technical communication. Which pair in the following list might seem contradictory?

Accessibility is a measure of how easily a document can be downloaded.

Which of the following best defines writing that projects the “you attitude”?

This fish’s skeleton is made of ________ [skeleton] It has mechanoreceptors that detect changes in water pressure. These receptors make up the _____ _______ ________ (3 words) [receptors]

This animal has a ossified plates for scraping food from surfaces. What is this feeding structure called? [feeding] This animal’s ossicles are fused into a solid structure called a ________ [fused]

Name these structures. [structures] What is their function? [function]

Name this organism [name] Its legs are described as [branching] because they are un-branched

Name this organism [organism]. Is is polyp, medusa, or both? [type]  

What are this animal’s segments called? [segments] What kind of body cavity does it have? [cavity]