Shifts in Perspective: Quiz 1

Please determine the shift in perspective the following sentence:

I saw a beautiful sunset on the lake. The whole scene was captured by my camera.

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For your final essay, please analyze the financial cost of the Fort McMurray fire of 2016, and you should compare it to the economic impact of the Christchurch earthquake in 2011.

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One of BMW’s main competitors was Mercedes Benz. In the 1970s, BMW launches the slogan “the ultimate driving machine,” and starts to outsell its rival.

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If I were a pheasant, one of the most commonly hunted birds, I would rather be a female. Their plumage is less brightly coloured and they blend in more with their environment.

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It was dress-up day at St. Hitchens Elementary School. You were supposed to dress up as a famous historical person. However, my son Christopher just wears the same clothes as the day before; he says he is dressing up as his former self.

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Manfred decided to take up axe-throwing. He was struck both by the skill required and by the axe of one of his fellow competitors.

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Marianne argued that if one could study any language you should learn Martian.

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The dogwoods are blooming again. It produces such pretty flowers.

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My teacher said she could give me an A on my essay if I was better at grammar.

Please determine the shift in perspective the following sentence:

We might all want to have a great job, but some of you will have to be janitors and garbage collectors.