3rd Grade Academic Vocabulary Flashcard

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clues that help the reader understand unknown words, character feelings, or events in the text

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context clues

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What is the process of figuring out something about a text using clues the author gives?

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infer/inference

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Words and phrases that use their dictionary definition.

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Literal

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Words that have the same, or similar, meanings?

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Synonym

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Words that have different, or opposite meanings?

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Antonym

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Important events in a story?

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details

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Who the story is about. Who all is in the story?

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character(s)

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Where and when a story takes place- seasons, times, places, dates, weather, location?

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setting

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Stories with animal characters that may have human-like characteristics that teach lessons?

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Fable

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Made up stories from long ago, all over the world, that are passed down. They teach lessons- may have people and/or other talking things as characters such as clouds or the sun?

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Folktale