If the reader can't tell which word(s) a pronoun refers to (the antecedent), that makes a vague pronoun reference. Pronouns (pro meaning "for") stand in for nouns, keeping writing succinct and less repetitive. What a pronoun replaces has to be easy for the reader to see. Pronouns also establish the point of view of the narrator.
If the reader can't tell which word(s) a pronoun refers to (the antecedent), that makes a vague pronoun reference. Pronouns (pro meaning "for") stand in for nouns, keeping writing succinct and less repetitive. What a pronoun replaces has to be easy for the reader to see. Pronouns also establish the point of view of the narrator.
· First person (I, we voice): The first-person point of view lets the narrator be a central part of the story, allowing readers to feel the immediacy of events and feelings.
· Second person (you voice): The second-person point of view involves the reader in the story or article almost conversationally, as an accomplice, as part of the thinking or judgment. Using the you-point-of-view is hard to pull off in longer pieces. (See Loser by Spinelli).
· Third person (he, she, it, they voice): The third-person point of view can give the reader a sense that the writer is removed from his or her subject. In nonfiction, the third-person point of view helps the writer maintain objectivity. In fiction, the third-person omniscient allows the author to see inside all characters' thoughts without being a character in the story. Third-person limited allows the author to see inside only one character's thoughts. When writing about a memory that is difficult, sometimes shifting to third-person observation allows writers to get the writing down, and it may be a better way to tell an important story.