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