4-64. WRITING: CONTROLLING TONE, USING PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE [LO-3] Assume you work for a company that will be holding a BBQ. Make up the details (who can come, where, when, what to bring, etc.). Write a message to invite people using passive voice. Then write the same message using active voice. Trade your two paragraphs with a classmate and discuss which of the two versions is more effective and why.

Next, assume it is a few days before the BBQ and not enough people committed to attend it so the manager calls it off. Write the message to cancel the event using passive voice and then again in active. Trade your two messages with a classmate and discuss which is more effective and why.