3rd Grade Milestones Language Arts Terms

Question 1

What is a statement that can be proven?

Accepted Answer

fact

Question 2

Which text structure tells the similarities and differences of two or more thing?

Accepted Answer

compare and contrast

Question 3

What is the name of the people who will read your writing?

Accepted Answer

audience

Question 4

What is language that is not meant to be taken literally?

Accepted Answer

nonliteral language

Question 5

What is a retelling of the most important parts of a story or passage?

Accepted Answer

summary

Question 6

What is something that happens because of another event (a cause)?

Accepted Answer

effect

Question 7

What is the beginning, middle, and ending of a story?

Accepted Answer

plot

Question 8

What is the most important idea that the author is trying to say?

Accepted Answer

main idea

Question 9

What is the reason or purpose for writing a passage?

Accepted Answer

author's purpose

Question 10

Which text structure tells how to fix a problem?

Accepted Answer

problem and solution

Question 11

What is a statement that is someone's belief and can't be proven?

Accepted Answer

opinion

Question 12

What is the lesson or message of a text?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 13

What is the section of a poem called?

Accepted Answer

stanza

Question 14

What is the process of editing and rewriting your writing?

Accepted Answer

revising

Question 15

Which text structure describes something?

Accepted Answer

description

Question 16

What are the facts and ideas that support the main idea of a passage?

Accepted Answer

details

Question 17

What is when and where a story takes place?

Accepted Answer

setting

Questions 17