Which of the following passages effectively paraphrases the excerpt below? Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on
our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our refrigerator), they
became chapters in it themselves. How could it be any different?
—Anne Fadiman, "Preface," Ex Libris. Confessions of a Common
Reader (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998).
A. Books accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and
underneath our sofa, and on top of our refrigerator), and they
became chapters in our lives themselves.
B. Books told a lot about our lives and what has happened during our
lives.
C. Books wrote our life story.
D. Books could not be any different; they wrote our life story.

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.

i could of w this question but i don't see a " passage " .

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sorry ! ):

i cannot see any of the options