tailieunhanh - 8th Grade Reading Comprehension and Writing skills_03

Tham khảo tài liệu '8th grade reading comprehension and writing skills_03', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | POINT OF VIEW Here we seem to have all three points of view don t we There s the first-person I the second-person you and the third-person her and she. But really this sentence uses only one point of view. The question to ask is who is talking Who is telling the story or sharing the information The answer should tell you the correct point of view. In this case it is clearly a first-person point of view. Exercise 1 Determine the point of view in the following sentences by circling the letter of the correct answer. 1. As Xavier held tightly to the rope Paul used all his strength to pull his friend up out of the gorge. a. first person b. second person c. third person 2. By now you re settled into your routine. You wake up at 5 00 . walk the dogs shower gulp down a quick breakfast and meet Mr. Walton in the cafeteria for a challenging game of chess before school. a. first person b. second person c. third person 3. I thought and thought but could not come up with any reason why she would be angry with me. a. first person b. second person c. third person 4. We d never talked much before and he always thought I was a shy person so he couldn t believe how much I talked when we went out to dinner. a. first person b. second person c. third person 5. They knew that he wanted to join their club but they were afraid to make an exception for him. a. first person b. second person c. third person The Effect of Point of View As we ve already stated point of view is important because each point of view creates a different effect. The Relationship to the Reader Perhaps the most important difference among the points of view is the kind of relationship they create between reader and writer. Read the two paragraphs below to see for yourself. The first paragraph is from The Tryout which you read in Lesson 11 and which is told in the third person. The next afternoon Alexander anxiously pedaled his bicycle over to the auditorium where a list of new members was supposed to be posted. He