WORD LỰA CHỌN VÀ PONT CỦA XEM 171 Quan điểm 1 người đại từ Tôi, tôi, tôi, chúng tôi, của chúng tôi, chúng tôi Hiệu ứng Sự gần gũi giữa nhà văn và người đọc | WORD CHOICE AND PONT OF VIEW 171 Point of View Pronouns Effects 1st person I me mine we our us Intimacy between the writer and reader. Suggests objectivity based on the experience of the speaker or writer 2nd person You Puts the reader in the writer s shoes. 3rd person He him his she her hers it its they them theirs. Creates distance between the writer and reader. Suggests objectivity not influenced by the thoughts and feelings of the writer. DRAWING CONCLUSIONS BASED ON POINT OF VIEW The point of view writers use can help you to make inferences about how they feel about their subjects. For example look again at the two sentences referring directly to the reader A. We wish you well in your retirement Joe. B. The company wishes you well in your retirement. If you were Joe which message would you rather receive Most people would probably prefer to receive memo A. Why What s the difference between these two messages They both say the same thing don t they Point of view like word choice helps create the meaning of a message. The writers of both memo A and memo B address the reader as you. But you probably also noticed that the writers chose two different points of view to refer to themselves. Memo A uses the first person we and addresses the reader directly as Joe whereas memo B uses the third person the company to refer to the sender. As a result memo A seems more sincere it comes from a person to a person rather than from the company a thing to a person. This is trial version 172 READ BETTER REMEMBER MORE What does this tell you From the point of view what can you tell about the attitude of these memo writers toward their subject Joe Writer B by using the third person point of view suggests that there is and that he d like to keep a distance between the reader and the writer. Writer A on the other hand doesn t mind the person-to-person contact created by the first person point of view. Memo B sends the unwritten message Let s not get too close or .
