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? a) the author wants to describe the time period accurately. b) the author wants to create a convincing argument. c) the author wants to present factual information effectively. d) the author wants to the reader relate to the subject thoughtfully. (c is incorrect)

Second-person viewpoint in this excerpt creates a better understanding creating a relationship between narrator, reader and the protagonist, namely second-person. So that, second-person point helps us think and comprehend better. The correct answer is the last option - D.

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

Explanation: when writing, an author can use different points of view, depending on the effect he/she wants to cause in the audience. In the given excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, we can see an example of a narration in the second-person point of view (we can know this because of the use of the pronoun "you"), this perspective helps the reader to relate to the subject thoughtfully because the author is addressing the reader directly.

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