What is the definition for second person point of view?

Answer 1

Second point of view uses a key word: you.

For example, directions are in 2nd point of view when they say you or something like this:

First, you buy the ingredients

Second, you chop up the cucumbers

third, you....,.....,..... ETC

Answer 2

Second person point of view is a narrative mode where the protagonist is referred to as "you." This perspective is less common in fiction but is often used in instructional writing, self-help books, and interactive media to directly address the reader or player. It creates a sense of immediacy and involvement by putting the reader in the position of the protagonist.

Answer 3

All pronoun references made by the narrator are of second person.

eg. You are not a fanatical person. You believe in everyone's right to live their lives according to their own dictates. In fact if it were up to you, you would allow people to gather into their own little isolated enclaves and live their live as they want to. 'Live and let live' is the philosophy you most approve of. Your method of relations are noncommittal, allowing other people to establish the rules of engagement and not being insistent on your's.

Answer 4

Second person point of view is one of the many literary techniques that writers use to get and retain the attention of a reader. In general, its point, or the reason to use it, has to do with making the reader feel as if he or she is part of the action, that the book is story is aimed at him or her alone. Nonfiction writers frequently use second person to build a close, personal relationship with the reader. "How-to" books use the second person almost exclusively. ("Your home project will go faster and easier if you use the right tool for the right job," or "When selecting a personal mantra for meditation, you may want to choose a short phrase that has special meaning for you alone.")

Fiction writers use second person to create a sense of mystery or a dreamlike state --"You open the door, but you're not sure what you'll find behind it" -- almost as if the reader is being controlled by a first person narrator. This narrator tells "you" the action of the story and explicitly guides the reader through the work. These pieces are frequently written in the present tense which, in conjunction with the second person, creates a strong feeling of immediacy.

Experienced writers, especially fiction writers, do not use the second person as a lark or a whimsical experiment. They use it for particular reasons, generally to create intimacy with the reader, to get the reader to relinquish disbelief, and to create a slightly quirkly, off-balance, dreamlike feel to the writing.

Answer 5

Second person uses the pronoun "you," and tells that story as if the reader were experiencing it.

Answer 6

It is the POV where the author uses "you" instead of saying "he" or "she" or "they."

"You walk out the door and out into the street. You look around."

Answer 7

"You" would be the second person word.