Which sentence is written in passive voice?
A. Late night comedy makes us laugh.
B. The veteran anchorman reported the nightly news.
C. Local television stations are owned by larger news organizations. <------------------
D. The quarterly ratings illustrate a boost in viewership.
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The sentence written in passive voice is "Local television stations are owned by larger news organizations."
To determine if a sentence is written in passive voice, you need to consider the subject and the verb. In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is being acted upon by the verb, rather than performing the action itself.
In this case, the subject is "Local television stations" and the verb is "are owned," where the stations are being acted upon (owned) by larger news organizations. The sentence is not explicitly stating who is performing the action of owning the stations, which is a characteristic of passive voice.