ELA 3rd grade

narrator

• the main character in a story

• the writer of a text

• the most important character in a text

• the person who tells the story

The thoughts, words and actions of a character are his or her _________.

• beliefs

• traits

• opinions

• needs

A _______________ is used when comparing and contrasting things.

• venn diagram

• timeline

• caption

• sequencing chart

looking for differences

• central message

• compare

• details

• contrast

compare

• looking for differences

• looking for setting

• looking for the lesson or moral

• looking for similarities

  (what is in common)

The ___________ support the main idea.

• details

• setting

• narrator

• events

author

• one who draws the illustrations

• one who edits the story or book

• one who writes the book, article or report

• one who tells the story

to persuade, inform, and entertain

• author's purpose

• central message

• moral

• context clues

words that mean the same thing

• homophones

• diagraphs

• antonyms

• synonyms

hints given in the text that help the reader with the meaning of new or unknown words

• character traits

• cause & effect

• context clues

• sequence