How much do traditions affect our lives? Think about events in The Lottery as an example. Shirley Jackson shows tradition to be so strong and powerful in this society that the rational mind can’t even bring others to reason. Write about a tradition that you have in your family. What do you celebrate? How often? Why? Do you understand the significance of why your family enacts this tradition?

(Think about things you do on holidays, at reunions, on birthdays, funerals, or at other annual or regular events.)

You must write at least 7 sentences to earn credit.

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Explanation:

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.