College Composition / Unit 5 CMP 0114 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Point of View
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The idea
Point of view is the person a text speaks from: first person, I and we; second, you; third, he, she, it and they.
In practice
Third person is customary for most academic writing, because it emphasizes the information rather than the writer.
Where people slip
Point of view is a choice made for the whole text; unit eighteen covers when first person fits.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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