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Why does an author use active voice?
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Why does an author use active voice?

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An author uses active voice to make his writing clearer and easier to read.  Active voice makes for a simpler work.  You are in the moment...you are current...you are participating in the current stream of events.
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Active voice puts the reader in the action. The reader can imagine things happening right now, in the moment. Active voice also gives the sentence a clear actor (you know exactly who/what is doing something), so there is no ambiguity.

An author uses active voice to make his/her writing stronger and more authoritative. Passive voice can make prose more lyrical, but also more confusing.
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