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Vocabulary List 3
AP POV
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |