Question

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.

Sir Thomas Elyot is worth listening to on this subject. Although he is a layman and not a physician, his book, The Castel of Health, proves hugely influential—it goes into its sixteenth edition in 1595. He declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat and that fish is not so good because it thins the blood. He also thinks that spices and vegetables are bad for you.

Why does the author use the second-person point of view in this excerpt?

The author wants to describe the time period accurately.
The author wants to create a convincing argument.
The author wants to present factual information effectively.
The author wants to help the reader relate to the subject thoughtfully.

Answer 1

D) The author wants to help the reader relate to the subject thoughtfully.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

I think the answer is that the author wants to emphasize that the facts quoted from the book should be taken seriously. You means a specific listener is having a lecture made to him.

Narrowing it does from these choices is very hard because all 4 contain truth for using the pronoun you.

So I wouldn't choose A. You has more to do with the listener than the question. It is more what the writer wants the listener to know as a fact.

B: is true. The author wants the listener to pay attention.

C is wrong in the same way A is.

D the problem is that B and D are saying much the same thing. But the wrong person is used to accomplish the intent

Answer: B