An author's position refers to his opinions, beliefs, and attitudes about a topic or subject, this position affects the way an author will use language to transmit a message to the reader and even what kind of information the author will include. An example of this is that if an author is in favor of some issue (position) he will try to convince the reader about it and thus, include evidence or information to prove its position. Thus, understanding what the position of the author' is should be considered quite important as understanding the beliefs, opinions, and attitudes of the author in relation to the subject he wrote about, will help the reader know his purposes and evaluate the reliability of the information included by the author as the position of him can affect negatively or positively the author text and the source would not be reliable or incorrect, but biased. Thus, evaluating the authors position it is useful to determine if the source is correct or unreliable.
The answer is D. <span>figure and ground Proximity refers to grouping principles which states objects withclose shapes will appear as group if being palced close to each other. Closure refers to our tendency to complete a figure when we see it in incomplete form. Similarity refers to seeing something that resembles each other will lead our grouping perception.
