Question

first time voter
rebecca sparling
1 i studied the form in front of me. there was a long line of people waiting to renew their licenses and take driving exams. from my seat at the department of motor vehicles, i could spot some of my classmates from school. many of them looked like deer caught in headlights as they waited for the examiner to call their names. i had been in their shoes not too long ago, so i sympathized with them. realizing that i was ignoring my task, i turned my gaze back to the form. it had the words voter registration application printed in bold red letters at the top.
2 i had never given the idea of voting much thought. my parents often discussed politics at the dinner table, but i mostly tuned it out. i always figured that i would worry about that sort of stuff when i was older. immediately after i turned eighteen, my parents encouraged me to register to vote. they said it was especially important because it was a presidential election year.
3 i never realized how little i knew about politics before i started filling out the registration form. the normal information requests were on the form: name, age, and address. my pen stopped when i came to the seventh box, which read “choice of party.” i was even more confused after scanning the list of political parties. while democrats and republicans were familiar, i had never heard of a libertarian party. there was also the reform party, the green party, and the constitution party, none of which i had ever heard. after much internal debate, i finally decided to check the box for no party. this meant that i would not be eligible to vote in my state’s primary elections, but i decided i needed more time to investigate these political parties before choosing one
read this revised version of paragraph 1:
she studied the form in front of her. there was a long line of people waiting to renew their licenses and take driving exams. from her seat at the department of motor vehicles, she could spot some of her classmates from school. many of them looked like deer caught in headlights as they waited for the examiner to call their names. she had been in their shoes not too long ago, so she sympathized with them. realizing that she was ignoring her task, she turned her gaze back to the form. it had the words voter registration application printed in bold red letters at the top.
in comparing the two versions, what effect does point of view have?
a
the point of view makes the first paragraph more personal.
b
the point of view makes the second paragraph more effective.
c
the point of view makes the first paragraph less informative.
d
the point of view makes the second paragraph less interesting.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the point of view (POV) impact. The first paragraph uses first - person ("I studied..."), making it personal. The second uses third - person ("She studied..."), which is less personal. Option A says the first paragraph's POV makes it more personal, which matches. Option B: The second paragraph's effectiveness isn't about POV making it more effective. Option C: The first paragraph's POV (first - person) doesn't make it less informative. Option D: The second paragraph's POV (third - person) doesn't make it less interesting. So A is correct.

Answer:

A. The point of view makes the first paragraph more personal.