When a sentence uses the active voicea prepositionthe passive voicea split infinitive, the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb.

When a sentence uses the active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the verb as in the following sentence:

The boy kicked the ball.

Here we see that the boy is performing the action of kicking. 

When the subject of the sentence has the action performed to it, then, that is what is called the passive as in the following sentence:

The ball was kicked by the boy.

Here we see that the subject, the ball, was receiving the action/verb of being kicked.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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a. both connotative and denotative.