Third Grade ELA Vocabulary

the people or animals in a story

• setting

• characters

• climax

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

where and when the story takes place

• characters

• plot

• setting

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

what HAPPENS in the story

• plot

• setting

• beginning

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

description of a character's personality

• theme

• message

• trait

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

a saying that cannot be taken literally

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopiea

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a problem or struggle

• conflict

• major

• suffix

• prefix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

the moral or message of a story

• theme

• central idea

• setting

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Tells what the text is MOSTLY about

• setting

• central or main idea

• theme

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

summarizing a story using only the important events

• recount or retell

• main idea

• blah blah blah

• What are you talking about Mrs. McCurdy?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

language that helps the reader picture parts of the story

• details

• figurative language

• compare and contrast

• sequence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4