3rd Grade ELA Milestone Review

Passages that are stories, dramas, or poems

• Literary Text

• Non-Literal Language

• Chapter

• Fable

An idea or message stated by the writer. The author tells the readers exactly what they need to know

• Myth

• Central Message

• Explicit

• Recount

A story that usually has animals as characters and teaches a lesson or moral

• Myth

• Fable

• Plot

• Literary Text

A traditional story that is usually shared by storytelling

• Myth

• Narrator

• Fable

• Folktale

A story that is believed by many but is untrue; it may contain stories about gods and goddesses

• Myth

• Fable

• Folktale

• Point of View

The idea or lesson the literary text communicates.

• Central Message

• Vocabulary

• Recount

• Mood

Writing an explanation of the key details of a passage in the order they happened and in a way that supports the central message of the passage. The explanation may include information about the setting, plot, and characters in the passage.

• Central Message

• Sequence

• Mood

• Recount

Where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or a location

• Mood

• Setting

• Plot

• Scene

The events in the beginning, middle, and end of the story

• Plot

• Setting

• Scene

• Sequence

A person or thing in a work of literature.

• Setting

• Plot

• Character

• Narrator