Question

In three to five sentences, identify and explain the effect of the point of view in this passage

Answer 1

The author uses second-person point of view in this text by addressing the reader directly. The consequences listed for the felony of theft of livestock seem much more severe when readers consider they might happen to them. By speaking to the reader as a distinct individual, the author captures the attention of a reader who in other circumstances might not take the punishment of a crime in Elizabethan England as seriously. 

Answer 2

The author uses second-person point of view in this text by addressing the reader directly. The consequences listed for the felony of theft of livestock seem much more severe when readers consider they might happen to them. By speaking to the reader as a distinct individual, the author captures the attention of a reader who in other circumstances might not take the punishment of a crime in Elizabethan England as seriously.