Which statement best summarizes this speech? a) president lincoln delivers an address at the battlefield near gettysburg where he dedicates a portion of the field to be used as a cemetery for the men who lost their lives in combat. b) president lincoln delivers an address at the battlefield near gettysburg where he expresses his contempt for the civil war. c) president lincoln delivers an address at the battlefield near gettysburg where he begins to doubt the future of america. d) president lincoln delivers an address at the battlefield near gettysburg celebrating the end of the civil war.

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.

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.