3rd Grade Reading MCA Practice

It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an...

Which are examples of synonyms?

The words under a picture explaining the picture are called

What is it called when I tell the main events from the beginning, middle, and end of a story?

The 2 words at the top of every dictionary page.

Which is an example of compound words?

To put things in the order that they happen is to

Which are examples of antonyms?

What is alliteration?

The ____________ is the main thing that a paragraph is about.

What does it mean if a story is fiction?

What is the theme of a story?

Types of figurative language

Which is an example of a fantasty?

Which are examples of fiction?

Where a story takes place

Giving human qualities to a nonliving object is called...

The lesson that a story teaches is called a

When I think about what I think will happen in a story, I'm making a....

What are context clues?

Which is an example of a contraction?

If something is literal, it is

What does it mean to compare and contrast 2 things?

______________ are the extra information that give you more info. about the main idea.

Which of the following is a simile?

The people or animals in a story are called..

What someone thinks is true is an ...

This makes an effect happen

This means to try to get someone to do or try something.

To use what you know to figure out what you don't know, you have to use ________ skills.

What are the author's purposes of writing?

To retell a story giving only the main details is to give a.....

She is a human dictionary is an example of a...

realistic fiction, drama, mystery, biography, are all types of .....

Which is a fact?

Which is an example of onomatopeia?

Short phrases above a paragraph that tell you the main thing in that paragraph are called....

What does it mean if a story is nonfiction?

What is the effect of it raining really hard

to, too, and two are.....