3rd Grade ELA
3rd Grade Vocabulary
2nd Grade Grammar Review
100

What do we call the animals or people in a story?

Characters

100

What word means "describe?"

explain

100

This part of speech is a person, place, thing.

Noun

200

What do we call "where the story takes place?"

Setting


200

What is the definition for equipment?

Tools needed for a job.

200

This part of speech is an action.

Verb

300

What do we call "the author's thoughts and feelings about a topic?"

Author's Point of View or Opinion

300
What is another word for "the reason something is done?"
Purpose
300

This part of speech describes a noun.

Adjective
400

What do we call "what a passage is mostly about?"

Main Idea or Main Topic

400

What do we call two words when put together make a new word?

Ex: wildfire, treehouse

Compound words

400

What do we put around the words someone is saying out loud in a story?

Quotation Marks

500

What do we call "the message or the lesson of a story?"

Theme

500

What do we call a phrase that compares two things WITHOUT using like or as?

Metaphor

500

What do we call a made up story?

Narrative