Question 14 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744
In the original sentence, Jameson is clearly identified as the person who dropped and broke the cookie jar. Passive voice could shift attention to the jar—for example, “The cookie jar was dropped and broken”—and leave out who did it. So the best explanation is that the writer wants to conceal the identity of the person who broke the jar.
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