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ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View 1
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ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View. Is the statement in the video true or false?

ELA Drills, Beginner: Textual Analysis 1
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ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View 3
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ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View 3. Which sentence in the passage best shows the narrator's point of view on the topic of Chelsea Simpson?

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ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View. Is the statement in the video true or false?

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by animals or as a [Cow in a recording studio]

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cow would say moo moo alright that's the last time we hire a cow to do voiceover

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okay read the following sentences Susan's a veterinarian she cares for all

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kinds of animals from mice to mountain lions

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now let's check out our question true or false Susan is likely to write from the

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point of view that animals should be treated well so which is it true or

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false I'll give you a hint an author's point of view usually comes from their [Author sat at a desk]

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life experiences and beliefs we know shocking all right well since we're

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interested in Susan's point of view let's think about her life experiences [Susan stroking a dog]

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and beliefs as you might imagine not just anyone chooses to become a

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veterinarian spending their life caring for animals unfortunately not everyone's

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that nice..since that's the life Susan shows we can infer that she'll have the

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point of view that animals should be treated well we can't know for sure we [Man inspects Susan's brain with magnifying glass]

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can't see into Susan's mind after all but based on Susan's life experiences

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you know taking care of sick animals and such that seems like a pretty good call [Susan caring for a cat]

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since it's likely that Susan thinks animals should be treated well our

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answer is A true it can be a bit tricky finding out someone's point of view [Psychic thinking]

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since we're not psychics or are we but looking at their life experience and

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beliefs makes it a lot easier we love animals at shmoop we'll give our old pal

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the cow one more shot alright here we go [Cow in recording studio]

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