Third Grade ELA Vocabulary

Front

What is figurative language?

Back

Language that helps the reader picture parts of the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What is a theme in a story?

Back

The moral or message of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Front

What do we call a paragraph in a poem?

Back

A stanza.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

Front

What is the plot of a story?

Back

What happens in the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What does it mean to compare?

Back

To find the ways that two things are similar.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

Front

What is a setting in a story?

Back

The time and place where the story occurs.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Front

What is a conflict in a story?

Back

The struggle between opposing forces in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What is a central idea?

Back

The main point or message that the author wants to convey.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Front

What is a character in a story?

Back

A person, animal, or figure in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What is a narrative?

Back

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6