Question

Asked to describe their county, most Devonians will mention the great city of Exeter, the ports of Dartmouth, Plymouth, and Barnstaple, and the dozens of market towns. They will generally neglect to mention that the region is dominated by a great moor, Dartmoor, two thousand feet high in places and over two hundred square miles in expanse. –The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, Ian Mortimer What point of view does the author use in this passage? a. first person b. second person c. third person

Answer 1

Question:  What point of view does the author use in this passage?

Passage: Asked to describe their county, most Devonians will mention the great city of Exeter, the ports of Dartmouth, Plymouth, and Barnstaple, and the dozens of market towns. They will generally neglect to mention that the region is dominated by a great moor, Dartmoor, two thousand feet high in places and over two hundred square miles in expanse.

–The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England,

Ian Mortimer

Answer:  third person

Answer 2

Answer:

c.third person

Explanation:

Point of view in writing means who is telling the story. It can be told in first person, second person, or third person.

First person point of view uses the pronouns I, me, my, mine.

Second person point of view uses pronouns such as you, your, yours. It is used mostly in giving instruction.  

Third person point of view uses pronouns such as he, she, they. It is used in academic writing.

Therefore, point of view of this passage is third person.