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Vocabulary List 3
AP POV
Term | Definition |
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author’s purpose | the reason the author is writing |
persuade | to convince the audience |
inform/explain | to tell about something |
entertain | to capture the audience/tell a story |
express | to express feelings (usually in poetry) |
point of view | the way the author tells the story |
1st Person | told by one of the characters; “I”, “me”, “my” |
2nd Person | the narrator is speaking directly to the audience; “you”, “your” |
3rd Person | told by an observer not a character; “he”, “she”, “they” |
simple subject | the main word or words in a sentence that tell who or what is doing or being something |
simple predicate | the verb |
astro | stars, heavens, space |
poli | city government |
vid/vis | to see |
hydroponics | a method of growing plants in water instead of soil |
earnestness | serious and sincere |
fervently | having or showing very strong feeling |
moral | concerned with right conduct or with what matters of right and wrong |