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DEFINITIONS: POINT OF VIEW/NYMS/ANALOGY

Review these definitions for Skills Test #2.

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point of viewThis term refers to the writer's use of personal pronouns to determine who is telling a story or event.
first person point of viewUses the personal pronouns I, we, me, us, my, our, mine, and ours to name the speaker in a story or event.
second person point of viewUses the pronouns you, your, and yours to name the person or thing spoken to. Very few stories are written this way.
third person point of viewUses the personal pronouns he, his, she, her, hers, it, its, their, theirs, and them to name the person or thing spoken about in a story or event.
analogya kind of reasoning based on comparison
synonymwords that have almost the same meaning
homonymwords which sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
antonymwords that have oppositie meanings


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