Remember the pronouns for second person – they start with “y”
Viewpoint pronouns, which start with a “y”, are used in second-person writing.
If you see the following pronouns used to indicate the viewpoint of a writer, then the text is described as second person.
Second person: you, your, yours.
To remember this, the following will help:
The second from last in the alphabet is Y. Second person pronouns start with a Y.
Example
This sentence is an example of second person writing:
Your dreams are unique to you, but dreams fall into certain categories and you can interpret yours by first categorising them and then looking at the finer detail.
NOTE:
“them” is not from the writer’s viewpoint so is not considered when determining whether the sentence is first, second or third person.
