Alcatraz island is in the middle of san francisco bay. in 1934, the federal government began using the military buildings there as a maximum security prison. today, the prison is a tourist attraction. california’s first lighthouse was built on the island.
what is the author’s viewpoint?

neutral

negative

positive

The correct answer is A. Neutral

Explanation:

In texts, the author's viewpoint refers to the author feelings, position and thoughts in relation to the main topic described in a text, this can be identified by the use of language and the type of content included by the author to refer to a specific topic or issue. In this way, the viewpoint of the author can be neutral if it uses only facts and it is objective or positive or negative if the viewpoint is biased or supports positively or negatively one topic or issue.

In the excerpt presented, the author describes Alcatraz Island and for doing this the author presents mainly facts and information presented that led the reader known Alcatraz was a maximum security prison but now it is a tourist attraction. This implies the author uses mainly facts and it is not supporting a positive or negative idea about Alcatraz and therefore the author's viewpoint is Neutral.

The answer is indeed neutral.

Explanation:

When an author's purpose is to merely inform readers about facts, the viewpoint usually employed is a neutral one. To inform someone of a simple fact, there is no need to express emotion or feelings. Also, if the author does not intend to convince readers of his opinion, it is unnecessary to positively or negatively position himself in relation to the subject.

The passage we are analyzing here provides us with historical facts about the Alcatraz Island. It lets us know when it began to be used as a prison, what it is used for today etc. The author does not, for example, describe the fact of there having been a prison as something bad, something to be ashamed of. That would have been a negative viewpoint. He also does not compliment the current tourist attraction, saying it is fun or worth visiting. Thus, there is no positive or negative stance taken toward this subject, only a neutral one.

both the address and the poster use diction to convey their message. diction is defined as a style of writing or speaking based on the types of words chosen in order to send a message. parallelism is when a similar sentence structure is used for several sentences on a text; roosevelt's address doesn't follow that. repetition has to do with repeating a word or sentence in order to emphasize and idea, however neither the poster nor the address use repetion. finally, the address doesn't use images to convey a message.

yes the first one is correct .