3rd Grade Cards for Language Arts
This page provides interactive cards for students of 3rd Grade to study academic words, which are essential vocabulary used in 3rd Grade Arts classes.
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apostrophe
text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers
article
essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class
background
the state of the environment in which a situation exists; information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
biography
an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life
cause
something produces a result; basis for an action or response; a reason
compose
produce a literary work; put together out of existing material
conclusion
the last section of a communication; a final; the act of making up your mind about something
conflict
fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events
create
make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
define
determine the nature of; give a definition; describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
determine
fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
dictionary
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
discuss
consider or examine in speech or writing; speak with others about
effect
something brought about by a cause or agent; a result
fable
a deliberately false or improbable account; a short moral story; a story about mythical beings or events
fairy tale
a story about fairies; told to amuse children
fantasy
dream; daydream; imagination unrestricted by reality
glossary
brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book
imagery
ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
inference
inferring by deduction or induction; truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; conclusion; deduction
investigate
explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
knowledge
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
lesson
a unit of instruction; a task assigned for individual study
limerick
humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
message
communication, usually brief
metaphor
implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
moral
of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character
narrative
story; art, technique, or process of telling story
novel
previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young
paraphrase
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
point of view
a mental position from which things are viewed; the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
proofread
read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
proverb
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
represent
stand for; describe or present; play a role or part
research
inquire into; attempt to find out in scientific manner
resolution
determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision
respond
show a reaction to something favorably or as hoped
riddle
pierce with numerous holes; perforate; permeate or spread throughout
short story
a prose narrative shorter than a novel
simile
comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as
vocabulary
a list of words and often phrases, usually arranged alphabetically and defined or translated
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