Question

1. when might you use a passive voice? when you want to be as direct as possible. when you want to give credit to an author for an idea in a paper. when you want to emphasize who is responsible for an action. when you want to highlight what occurred rather than how it occurred.

Explanation:

The passive voice is used to shift focus from the doer of an action to the action itself or the recipient of the action. It is ideal when highlighting what happened rather than emphasizing who performed the action. Being direct is a characteristic of the active - voice. Giving credit to an author usually involves citation methods rather than voice choice. Emphasizing who is responsible is done with the active voice.

Answer:

When you want to highlight what occurred rather than how it occurred.