Lesson Six 
Point of View 

Exercise 6.3 

Point of view of the text: 

The introduction of this paper fails to describe the problem or 
question that it addresses later. 
At the beginning of the body of the paper, there is no hint 
about how the first paragraph of the body is related to the introduction. 
Not even a single concept from the introduction is mentioned 
in the  first paragraph of the body. Finally, this paper has no organization
since  points are  presented  one after another. 
There is no explanation of why the points are dealt with in the order 
in which they appear, nor how each paragraph is connected to the next one. 

Point of view of the reader: 
In the introduction of this paper, 
I did not find a description of the problem  that it 
addresses. 
Then in  the body of the paper, I did not understand 
how  its first  paragraph   relates  to the introduction. 
I did not find any   concept from the introduction  repeated 
in the  first paragraph of the body. Finally, I felt that 
this paper lacked organization, since 
the    points are  presented  one after another
without  explaining 
their  order   
and showing the connections among  consecutive   paragraphs. 


Focus attention on the characters you wish your readers  to remember. 
divert attention from the characters you wish your readers to overlook.

To distance readers from an action, assign it to a character that is 
distant from them.
To link readers to an action, assign it to a character that is close to them.