Worksheets3rd Gr. ELAR Academic Vocabulary
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 7mins
The story structure is the parts of a story that include-
problem, theme, solution
characters, theme, problem
setting, plot, problem
characters, setting, plot
When you briefly tell the important parts of a text, you are-
summarizing
inferencing
drawing conclusions
predicting
The subject of a sentence is the-
the action being done by the main noun
who or what the sentence is about (the noun)
is not important
is very important
The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does, and always includes a verb, is the-
summary
question
predicate
subject
The writing process includes these 5 things-
pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
problem, solution, summary, theme, characters
setting, plot, climax, mood, editing
-the order of story events, including the problem characters face and how it is solved
setting
characters
plot
theme
-where and when a story takes place
theme
plot
characters
setting
-a word that has more than one meaning
summary
multi-meaning words
compound words
synonyms
Words that have the same or similar meaning are-
multi-meaning words
synonyms
antonyms
homophones
Words that mean the opposite, or almost the opposite, of each other
antonyms
compound words
homographs
synonyms
Using information in the text, plus what you already know, you can-
draw conclusions
find the main idea
figure out the setting
name the characters
When you use what you know to figure out things the author does not tell you in the text, you are making a-
main idea
inference
summary
theme
Compound words are-
a word squished
not a real word
a word made up of two or more shorter words
a verb
When you __________________________, you are thinking about what you are going to write about. (brainstorm)
edit
draft
revise
pre-write
There are different _______________ of text, such as fiction and nonfiction.
genres
lengths
spellings
_____________________ 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.
biography
fiction
non-fiction
A period, question mark, or exclamation mark are-
ending punctuation
not important
the start of a sentence
only needed in middle school
We use the above chart to show how things are alike and how they are different. This is called-
compare and contrast
cause and effect
prewriting
editing
The nouns in the picture are what type of nouns?
singular and plural nouns
common and proper nouns
abstract and concrete nouns
they are not nouns
A _____________ is a word part added in front of a base word that changes its meaning.
root
suffix
prefix
apostrophe
Why the author wrote the story is called the ____________ ___________.
problem solution
main idea
compound words
author's purpose
If I change the noun "dog" to "dogs"; what type of nouns are those called?
singular to plural
common to proper
abstract to concrete
A non-fiction text that is about a person's life and written by someone else is called-
autobiography
fantasy
biography
mystery
Who writes an autobiography?
the person that it's about
someone else
your mom
a lawyer
What point of view is it when one of the characters is telling the story and you see clue words like: I, me, mine?
3rd person point of view
1st person point of view
character point of view
thinking point of view
What point of view is it when the author or narrator is telling the story and you see clue words like: he, she, they?
3rd person point of view
1st person point of view
narrator style
author style
A noun that you cannot touch with any of the 5 senses is called an -
concrete noun
plural noun
abstract noun
proper noun
A noun that you can physically touch with one of the 5 senses is called a-
abstract noun
concrete noun
common noun
singular noun
A _______________ is a word part that you add to the END of a word to make a new word with a different meaning.
prefix
parenthesis
's
suffix
You can change "action words" to mean present, past, or before; this is called-
verb tenses
noun times
adjective of when
pronouns
A word that replaces a noun is called a-
concrete noun
adverb
plural noun
pronoun
A word that describes a verb and often ends in "ly" is an ________________.
pronoun
adverb
adjective
comma
An ________________________ describes a noun.
adjective
adverb
common noun
singular noun
The ____________________ is the events in a story that go in order.
plot
sequence
setting
theme
Homonyms that are spelled the same but are said or mean something different are-
proper nouns
homographs
homophones
homosapiens
Homonyms that sound the same but mean different things (and may be spelled different) are-
homophones
homographs
hippos
horses
When text has a "moral to the story" or a "life lesson" we call this the-
theme
setting
plot
problem
A group of lines in a poem, and sometimes called a "verse", is called a-
stanza
chunk
list
rhythm
A story told in dialogue by actors/performers on a stage (and sometimes called a play) is called a-
drama
poem
quotes
script
Conversation between characters in a drama is called-
dialogue
poetry
plot
setting
