{"id":348,"date":"2012-03-30T19:56:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T23:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transfer.writingcommons.org\/2012\/03\/30\/avoid-first-person-point-of-view\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:10:52","slug":"avoid-first-person-point-of-view","status":"publish","type":"section","link":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-stance\/point-of-view\/avoid-first-person-point-of-view\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Person Point of View"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_2\" ><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-stance\/point-of-view\/avoid-first-person-point-of-view\/#When_is_first_person_point_of_view_used\" title=\"When is first person point of view used?\">When is first person point of view used?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-stance\/point-of-view\/avoid-first-person-point-of-view\/#Examples_of_sentences_written_from_the_first_person_point_of_view\" title=\"Examples of sentences written from the first person point of view:\">Examples of sentences written from the first person point of view:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-stance\/point-of-view\/avoid-first-person-point-of-view\/#When_should_first_person_point_of_view_be_avoided\" title=\"When should first person point of view be avoided?\">When should first person point of view be avoided?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-stance\/point-of-view\/avoid-first-person-point-of-view\/#First_Person_Personal_Pronouns\" title=\"First Person Personal Pronouns\">First Person Personal Pronouns<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_is_first_person_point_of_view_used\"><\/span>When is first person point of view used?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>First person point of view is often used in personal narrative\u2014when the writer is telling a story or relating an experience. This perspective is writer\u2019s point of view, and the writer becomes the focal point. First person personal pronouns include&nbsp;<em>I, we, me, us, my, mine, our,&nbsp;<\/em>and<em>&nbsp;ours.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Examples_of_sentences_written_from_the_first_person_point_of_view\"><\/span><strong>Examples of sentences written from the first person point of view:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">I<\/span> was only seven years old when <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">my<\/span> family moved to the United States.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">We<\/span> took a vacation that allowed <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">us<\/span> to explore <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">our<\/span> nation from east to west and north to south.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">My<\/span> friend and <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">I<\/span> finally relaxed once <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">we<\/span> got to the beach and waded into the ocean.<\/li>\n<li>How long will it be before<span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"> our<\/span> car is repaired and <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">we<\/span> can continue our trip home?<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Our<\/span> ability to construct a convincing argument grew after <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">our<\/span> participation in a rousing debate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_should_first_person_point_of_view_be_avoided\"><\/span>When should first person point of view be avoided?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Writing from the first person point of view can, at times, weaken the credibility of the writer in research and argument papers. When the paper is written in first person, the work may sound like it is based only on personal opinion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weak:<\/strong> I am writing this paper to let you know how bad I think bullying is. (1<sup>st<\/sup> person)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stronger:<\/strong> Bullying is a social issue that may result in devastating physical, mental, and emotional consequences for its victims. (3<sup>rd<\/sup> person)<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_Person_Personal_Pronouns\"><\/span>First Person Personal Pronouns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subjective&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Possessive<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> person&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I, we<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>me, us<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>my, mine, our, ours<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2158,"menu_order":7,"template":"","tags":[854,599,805,201,326,841,844,846,845,850,849,851,852,842,855,653,592,853,843,848,847,802],"chapters":[2141,1925],"class_list":["post-348","section","type-section","status-publish","hentry","tag-argument-papers","tag-credibility","tag-example","tag-experience","tag-first-person","tag-first-person-point-of-view","tag-focal-point","tag-i","tag-me","tag-mine","tag-my","tag-our","tag-ours","tag-personal-narrative","tag-personal-opinion","tag-perspective","tag-point-of-view","tag-research-papers","tag-story","tag-us","tag-we","tag-weaken","chapters-first-person","chapters-point-of-view"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/section"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31925,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/348\/revisions\/31925"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"chapters","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapters?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}