ACT Preparation / Unit 17 ACT 1623 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Author's View and Reported Views
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The idea
Informational passages often report others' views beside the author's own. Signal phrases such as critics argue, some believe, or I think mark whose view each sentence gives.
In practice
"Some economists call the tax a burden; I see it as an investment" holds two views, only one of them the author's.
Where people slip
A reported view shows what others think, not what the author thinks.
Your place on the trail
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