Unit 2: Perspective

Perspective is a stance or viewpoint taken in the text by the writer of the article towards the topic that is published. The perspective of a text usually happens from positive to negative. In other words, the writer may support, criticize or attack the participants in the article. Perspective in the text usually tells the readers something about the beliefs of the writer.

For example, an article titled, ‘Battling the bullies’, can easily explain about the stance of the writer. In this article, it shows that the writer does not approve of bullying in schools. Besides that the writer also does not agree with schools which fail to maintain an effective anti-bullying policy and being irresponsible. In this article, the writer is badly condemning the bullies and the school by using some harsh words to show the stance. In addition, the writer also show sympathy to the victim of bully which showed by Mrs. Watson and her son.

In this unit, it helps students in order to show their stance in their writing. Besides that, it shows how to condemn or commend on the participants of the article. The information given is quite interesting because it helps students to understand more in order to be a good writer and to produce an interesting outcome