Do you use first person? (1 Viewer)

[eloxquence]

Because it asks for 'your' opinion and how 'your' opinion has been shaped, do you use 'I'. Or just third person like any other essay?

What about reflection statements? We had to do them in our trial exam and I consistantly used 'I'. I got 16/20..not great by all means..but I'm sure if I wasnt supposed to use first person then I would've got worse marks.

Please help?

 

[clintmyster]

If its a poetry essay then I know you should definitely say I believe this and my oppinion has been shaped by this critic blah blah. Perhaps your personal response was good but your desconstruction let you down?

 

[mirakon]

I've always been told using first person in an essay situation was bad however......

 

[kwabon]

Because it asks for 'your' opinion and how 'your' opinion has been shaped, do you use 'I'. Or just third person like any other essay?

What about reflection statements? We had to do them in our trial exam and I consistantly used 'I'. I got 16/20..not great by all means..but I'm sure if I wasnt supposed to use first person then I would've got worse marks.

Please help?

yes, you were right using first person in your response.
totally agree with clintmyster, your structure and justification probably werent good.

and 16/20 is a better mark than you think.

 

[clintmyster]

and 16/20 is a better mark than you think.

oh yeah to add to that, I got 14/20 for my mod b essay purely because I accidently answered the wrong question which was supposedly much easier than the required question so thats what let me down by at least 3 marks. When you go back to school for your belonging paper, why don't you ask your teachers what went wrong?

 

[kaz1]

Your supposed to use "I" and "me" for module B.

 

[eloxquence]

Thank you


Yeah I would ask...but I know that I just winged that response anyway..hardly studied because I didnt understand the topic whatsoever so that accounts for my poor marks.

 

[Aerath]

Your supposed to use "I" and "me" for module B.

You don't have to.

 

[HisNameIsChris]

Your supposed to use "I" and "me" for module B.

I'm sorry? Your what? Ah-h-h I'm sorry please don't neg-rep me . Back on topic: while I believe it's perfectly sensible and OK to use "I" and "me" in pretty much any essay that we're doing in Advanced English, unless you're really confident it's probably a good idea to not use it.

The main drawback of using "I" is repetition; as with short stories, an inexperienced writer will have trouble avoiding sentences that begin with "I" and it really just sounds horrible and childish -- even if you were making wonderful points.

I've also been told that while the essay IS looking for opinions, using "I" may tempt you to present opinions without supporting evidence. Using the third person makes what you say appear to be solid facts, and so it becomes awkward to write something in the third person unless you support it.

If you can keep it to a low and make sure you sufficiently support your arguments, however, the use of "I" allows a far clearer communication of your opinions.

 

[kaz1]

I'm sorry? Your what? Ah-h-h I'm sorry please don't neg-rep me . Back on topic: while I believe it's perfectly sensible and OK to use "I" and "me" in pretty much any essay that we're doing in Advanced English, unless you're really confident it's probably a good idea to not use it.

The main drawback of using "I" is repetition; as with short stories, an inexperienced writer will have trouble avoiding sentences that begin with "I" and it really just sounds horrible and childish -- even if you were making wonderful points.

I've also been told that while the essay IS looking for opinions, using "I" may tempt you to present opinions without supporting evidence. Using the third person makes what you say appear to be solid facts, and so it becomes awkward to write something in the third person unless you support it.

If you can keep it to a low and make sure you sufficiently support your arguments, however, the use of "I" allows a far clearer communication of your opinions.

I said you should use personal pronouns like "I" and "me" in module B because they usually give questions like "What is your perspective on the interaction of characters in Hamlet". Putting personal pronouns imo answers the question more.

eg Ophelia is one of the most romantic heroines, this is because she represents the values for Elizabethan women.
can be changed to
In my opinion Ophelia is one of the most romantic heroines as I consider her to be a character that upholds the epitomy of values for Elizabethan women.

Why would I neg rep you? lol

 

[jellybelly59]

+1 ^

 

[Aerath]

I said you should use personal pronouns like "I" and "me" in module B because they usually give questions like "What is your perspective on the interaction of characters in Hamlet". Putting personal pronouns imo answers the question more.

Yeah, unfortunately they don't always give questions like that.

 

[youngminii]

Youngminii always uses first person.
He thinks it's easier to answer questions with (just his writing style)
Also, it makes it easier for him to personalise his essays especially for creative where youngminii has trouble emphasising the notion of belonging.

 

[HisNameIsChris]

Why would I neg rep you? lol

I was referring to your homophone/grammar issue with "your/you're" at the beginning of your post. Now I feel like a douchebag for bothering to point it out.

As Aerath rightly said, they don't always give questions like that, and so you're probably better off sticking with third person rather than being in the habit of using first person and accidentally using it in an essay that doesn't ask for "your" perspective.

 

[bell531]

If they ask for a personal response, you should be using "I"

 

[Schoey93]

You don't have to.

No, you don't have to; but fuck. It would be smart, douche...

 

[MzBiiBii]

I'm sorry? Your what? Ah-h-h I'm sorry please don't neg-rep me . Back on topic: while I believe it's perfectly sensible and OK to use "I" and "me" in pretty much any essay that we're doing in Advanced English, unless you're really confident it's probably a good idea to not use it.

The main drawback of using "I" is repetition; as with short stories, an inexperienced writer will have trouble avoiding sentences that begin with "I" and it really just sounds horrible and childish -- even if you were making wonderful points.

I've also been told that while the essay IS looking for opinions, using "I" may tempt you to present opinions without supporting evidence. Using the third person makes what you say appear to be solid facts, and so it becomes awkward to write something in the third person unless you support it.

If you can keep it to a low and make sure you sufficiently support your arguments, however, the use of "I" allows a far clearer communication of your opinions.

In our trials for hamlet, it was asking for our personal response. I wrote "one's personal response" blabla - 3rd person

And we got it marked outside of school by HSC marker, and all over my page was;

"where's your response?"

So I'm not going to risk it again...

 

[HisNameIsChris]

In our trials for hamlet, it was asking for our personal response. I wrote "one's personal response" blabla - 3rd person

And we got it marked outside of school by HSC marker, and all over my page was;

"where's your response?"

So I'm not going to risk it again...

Can't argue with that. I hereby retract any misinformed comments I have previously made. If it asks for "your personal response", then it seems they expect a first person response. Otherwise, I still believe the choice can be made at the writer's discretion unless there's some sort of phrase to indicate that a subjective or objective response is required.

 

[jackc91]

Youngminii always uses first person.
He thinks it's easier to answer questions with (just his writing style)
Also, it makes it easier for him to personalise his essays especially for creative where youngminii has trouble emphasising the notion of belonging.

Hahaha rep'd

Edit: If you weren't banned

 

[Shenannigoats]

We were told by our teacher that first person can be used, but not to go overboard with it.

So, yeah. "I", "my", etc. should be fine, just use them sparingly.

Good luck~