Reading Terms - 3rd Grade

A short description of a picture or illustration.

Where a story takes place.

A word formed by two words, leaving out or combining sounds (can't, hasn't).

A word part added to the beginning of a root word (un in unhappy).

A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

A story about a real person's life that is written by another person.

A short story that teaches a lesson and often has animals for characters.

Compares two unlike things but DOES NOT use the words like or as (Her eyes are the sky).

A story that is true.

Tell the main events of a story in order, including the plot and the ending.

Alphabetical list of important words from the book, found in the back of the book.

A story about a real person's life that is written by that person.

Two words that are joined together to make a new word (doghouse).

Repeating the first consonant sound in a word (Sam saw a silly snake.).

Words that have the opposite meaning.

Using the words like or as to compare two different things (She was as brave as a lion.).

Words that mean the same thing.

The lesson that a story teaches.

What a piece of writing is mostly about.

A word that has meaning without any added endings or beginnings.

A story that includes things that are impossible, such as magic.

Two words that sound the same and may be spelled the same, but have different meanings.

A word part added to the end of a root word (ing in reading).

Like a dictionary in the back of a book.

A story with made up characters that could really happen.