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3rd Gr. ELAR Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The story structure is the parts of a story that include-

a)

problem, theme, solution

b)

characters, theme, problem

c)

setting, plot, problem

d)

characters, setting, plot

2.

When you briefly tell the important parts of a text, you are-

a)

summarizing

b)

inferencing

c)

drawing conclusions

d)

predicting

3.

The subject of a sentence is the-

a)

the action being done by the main noun

b)

who or what the sentence is about (the noun)

c)

is not important

d)

is very important

4.

The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does, and always includes a verb, is the-

a)

summary

b)

question

c)

predicate

d)

subject

5.

The writing process includes these 5 things-

a)

pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing

b)

problem, solution, summary, theme, characters

c)

setting, plot, climax, mood, editing

6.

-the order of story events, including the problem characters face and how it is solved

a)

setting

b)

characters

c)

plot

d)

theme

7.

-where and when a story takes place

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

characters

d)

setting

8.

-a word that has more than one meaning

a)

summary

b)

multi-meaning words

c)

compound words

d)

synonyms

9.

Words that have the same or similar meaning are-

a)

multi-meaning words

b)

synonyms

c)

antonyms

d)

homophones

10.

Words that mean the opposite, or almost the opposite, of each other

a)

antonyms

b)

compound words

c)

homographs

d)

synonyms

11.

Using information in the text, plus what you already know, you can-

a)

draw conclusions

b)

find the main idea

c)

figure out the setting

d)

name the characters

12.

When you use what you know to figure out things the author does not tell you in the text, you are making a-

a)

main idea

b)

inference

c)

summary

d)

theme

13.

Compound words are-

a)

a word squished

b)

not a real word

c)

a word made up of two or more shorter words

d)

a verb

14.

When you __________________________, you are thinking about what you are going to write about. (brainstorm)

a)

edit

b)

draft

c)

revise

d)

pre-write

15.

There are different _______________ of text, such as fiction and nonfiction.

a)

genres

b)

lengths

c)

spellings

16.

_____________________ is a type of genre that is not real and made up by an author. They may include realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery, romance, fables, legends, myths, and fairy tales.

a)

biography

b)

fiction

c)

non-fiction

17.

A period, question mark, or exclamation mark are-

a)

ending punctuation

b)

not important

c)

the start of a sentence

d)

only needed in middle school

18.

We use the above chart to show how things are alike and how they are different. This is called-

a)

compare and contrast

b)

cause and effect

c)

prewriting

d)

editing

19.

The nouns in the picture are what type of nouns?

a)

singular and plural nouns

b)

common and proper nouns

c)

abstract and concrete nouns

d)

they are not nouns

20.

A _____________ is a word part added in front of a base word that changes its meaning.

a)

root

b)

suffix

c)

prefix

d)

apostrophe

21.

Why the author wrote the story is called the ____________ ___________.

a)

problem solution

b)

main idea

c)

compound words

d)

author's purpose

22.

If I change the noun "dog" to "dogs"; what type of nouns are those called?

a)

singular to plural

b)

common to proper

c)

abstract to concrete

23.

A non-fiction text that is about a person's life and written by someone else is called-

a)

autobiography

b)

fantasy

c)

biography

d)

mystery

24.

Who writes an autobiography?

a)

the person that it's about

b)

someone else

c)

your mom

d)

a lawyer

25.

What point of view is it when one of the characters is telling the story and you see clue words like: I, me, mine?

a)

3rd person point of view

b)

1st person point of view

c)

character point of view

d)

thinking point of view

26.

What point of view is it when the author or narrator is telling the story and you see clue words like: he, she, they?

a)

3rd person point of view

b)

1st person point of view

c)

narrator style

d)

author style

27.

A noun that you cannot touch with any of the 5 senses is called an -

a)

concrete noun

b)

plural noun

c)

abstract noun

d)

proper noun

28.

A noun that you can physically touch with one of the 5 senses is called a-

a)

abstract noun

b)

concrete noun

c)

common noun

d)

singular noun

29.

A _______________ is a word part that you add to the END of a word to make a new word with a different meaning.

a)

prefix

b)

parenthesis

c)

's

d)

suffix

30.

You can change "action words" to mean present, past, or before; this is called-

a)

verb tenses

b)

noun times

c)

adjective of when

d)

pronouns

31.

A word that replaces a noun is called a-

a)

concrete noun

b)

adverb

c)

plural noun

d)

pronoun

32.

A word that describes a verb and often ends in "ly" is an ________________.

a)

pronoun

b)

adverb

c)

adjective

d)

comma

33.

An ________________________ describes a noun.

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

common noun

d)

singular noun

34.

The ____________________ is the events in a story that go in order.

a)

plot

b)

sequence

c)

setting

d)

theme

35.

Homonyms that are spelled the same but are said or mean something different are-

a)

proper nouns

b)

homographs

c)

homophones

d)

homosapiens

36.

Homonyms that sound the same but mean different things (and may be spelled different) are-

a)

homophones

b)

homographs

c)

hippos

d)

horses

37.

When text has a "moral to the story" or a "life lesson" we call this the-

a)

theme

b)

setting

c)

plot

d)

problem

38.

A group of lines in a poem, and sometimes called a "verse", is called a-

a)

stanza

b)

chunk

c)

list

d)

rhythm

39.

A story told in dialogue by actors/performers on a stage (and sometimes called a play) is called a-

a)

drama

b)

poem

c)

quotes

d)

script

40.

Conversation between characters in a drama is called-

a)

dialogue

b)

poetry

c)

plot

d)

setting