{"id":2646,"date":"2015-04-13T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?post_type=essay-writing-blog&p=2646"},"modified":"2019-02-23T07:15:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T15:15:05","slug":"third-person-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/third-person-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Third-Person Writing Is Critical to a Great Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past, you might have had problems getting that polished, professional feel to your essays, but you couldn’t quite figure out why. Are your ideas too underdeveloped? Is your thesis statement<\/a> not good enough? Do you not have enough support for your arguments?<\/p>\n

Sometimes the problem with your essay is simply the point of view you choose to write in. Using third-person writing can make a world of difference in giving your essay the right tone.<\/p>\n

Three Different Points of View<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re not sure what the different points of view are, I\u2019ll give you a run-down and some examples to help you see more clearly. And for an added bonus, I\u2019ll give you a couple clips from the king of narration himself, Morgan Freeman.<\/p>\n

First-Person Writing<\/b><\/p>\n

When you write in first person<\/a>, you use I<\/i> and me<\/i>. Think of yourself as the \u201cfirst person\u201d–any pronoun that indicates something you do or think is going to be first person. You see this a lot when you\u2019re reading books from the main character\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

Typically, however, first-person writing is not very effective in writing essays. (We\u2019ll get to why that is in a second.)<\/p>\n

Example: <\/i>I<\/i><\/b> believe that third-person writing is the best point of view when writing an essay.<\/i><\/p>\n

First-person writing or narration also uses us <\/i>and we<\/i>, as you\u2019ll see in this example:<\/p>\n