What should a student who only has online encyclopedia articles as sources do to improve her research?
select one:
a. make sure her works cited page is organized by the dates she visited each website.
b. choose a variety of sources that include print, online, and even video sources.
c. begin drafting her research report or presentation.
d. double-check that she hasn’t used any general or vague information from the sources.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

the answer that is correct is the last option.