Critical Vocab
Third Grade ELA
Figurative lang
200

What does pungent mean?

A really bad smell

200

What a passage is mostly about is called?

Main Idea

200

What is an exaggeration called?

Hyperbole

400
What does the word proclamation mean?

An announcement

400

What do you call the sections of a poem?

stanzas

400

What is a saying that you cannot take literally called?

Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.

idiom
600

What does snickered mean?

laugh in a rude way

600

What does theme mean?

Message or moral

600

What do you call a comparison that uses "like" or "as"?

Simile

800

Double Jeopardy!!!!!!!!

Everyone wins!

800

What text feature tells about the pictures in a passage?

caption

800

What do you call a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"?

metaphor

1000

What does upcoming mean?

it will take place soon

1000

What text feature shows the chapters in a book and the pages they are located?

Table of contents

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