Being structure sound 6 pot

You’ve learned a lot this week about language and how much it affects meaning. Before you add this

knowledge to the knowledge you already have about structure and the basics of reading compre￾hension, take a minute for a brief review of the last four lessons. It’s always a good idea to stop and

review material you’ve learned before you go on to new material.

Review: Language and Style

Point of view is the perspective from which the writer speaks. Sometimes, writers use the first-person point of view

(I, me, my, we, our, us) to express their personal feelings and experiences directly to the reader. This point of view

creates a sense of intimacy between the reader and the writer because it expresses an extremely subjective per￾spective. When writers use the second-person point of view, they address the reader directly by using the pronoun

you. This point of view is often used to give directions and to make the reader feel directly involved in the action

described by the writer. The third-person point of view is the objective perspective of a “third person,” someone

who is not directly involved in the action or ideas expressed in the passage. This point of view establishes a dis￾LESSON

Word Power:

Putting It All

Together

LESSON SUMMARY

This lesson pulls together what you’ve learned in Lessons 11–14, as

well as in previous lessons. It shows you how to use point of view, dic￾tion, style, and tone to understand what a writer means.

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