Writing in the active voice will allow you to
a. emphasize the subject of the sentence being acted on.
b. write longer sentences.
c. use the verb "to be."
d. write more lively sentences.

 it makes your writing more interesting, according to most English Teachers, so D is the answer here.

Also nice prof pic.

Refute it, showing why it is mistaken—an apparent but not real problem; acknowledge its validity or plausibility, but suggest why on balance it's relatively less important or less likely than what you propose, and thus doesn't overturn it; concede its force and complicate your idea accordingly—restate your thesis in a more exact, qualified, or nuanced way that takes account of the objection, or start a new section in which you consider your topic in light of it. this will work if the counterargument concerns only an aspect of your argument; if it undermines your whole case, you need a new thesis.

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