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THIRD GRADE
1. adjective – describes a noun; tells numbers and colors; modifies a noun
(beautiful, orange, several, three, little, gigantic)
2. adverb – tells how- slowly, gracefully, carefully, fast when- today, later,
tomorrow, soon, where- nearby, outside, away, there, upstairs
3. verb- action word (jump, cheer, tackle, dribble, walk, run, dig); also
known as a predicate or a doing word
4. noun- person, place, thing, or idea (an idea is an abstract noun…such as
childhood or liberty); Proper nouns are capitalized. Person: Chris
place: McDonald’s thing: Empire State Building; Common nouns are
not capitalized. person: student place: restaurant thing: skyscraper
5. coordinating conjunction- joins two sentences together using the words
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
*My sister likes chocolate ice cream, but I like vanilla the best.
6. pronoun- a word used in place of a noun; singular pronouns: I, me
you, he, she, it: Carl drove the motorcycle to town. He drove the
motorcycle to town. Plural pronouns: we, us, you, they, them; Adam
and Joseph cleaned out the messy lockers. They cleaned out the messy
lockers.
7. subject pronouns- used as subjects of sentences; singular subject
pronouns: I, you, he, she, it plural subject pronouns: we, you, they
8. object pronouns- follow action verbs; singular object pronouns: me,
you, him, her, it plural object pronouns: us, you, them Remember that
the pronoun you can be singular or plural.
9. transition words- connect ideas; link paragraphs to make writing flow
(first, next, in conclusion, then, finally, now)
10. sentence fragment- a group of words that do not express a complete
thought ( EXAMPLE: Are you at?)
11. declarative sentence- makes a statement; states a fact; ends with a
period: My family loves to eat at Pizza Hut.
12. exclamatory sentence- shows excitement or strong feelings; ends with
an exclamation point: The twirling tornado is destroying the little town!
13. interrogative sentence- asks a question; ends with a question mark:
Who put this beautiful flower on my desk?
14. imperative sentence- gives a command; makes a request; ends with a
period or an exclamation point: Feed the dogs this morning. Get your
homework finished before supper!
15. simple sentence- has one subject and one verb: Henry ran to the
mailbox.
16. atlas- a book of maps
17. almanac- yearly calendar of days; weeks; months; weather forecasts;
statistics
18. antecedent – the word(s) that a pronoun refers to (Adam and Joseph
cleaned out the messy lockers. They cleaned out the messy lockers.
The antecedent of they is Adam and Joseph.)
19. index- list topics and subtopics in the back of a book and tells the page
number(s) where the information can be located.
Pronouns
(topic)
object, 326-327
(subtopic)
subject, 328-330
(subtopic)
20. plagiarizing (also called plagiarism) - copying information from
books, magazines, encyclopedias, etc. word for word
21. paraphrasing- putting information found in books, magazines,
encyclopedias, etc., in your own words
22. compound sentence- two independent sentences joined together by a
coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS); a comma is placed in front of the
conjunction We went shopping at the mall, and we also shopped at WalMart!
23. run-on sentence- two or more sentences that run together without
punctuation
24. compound subject- two or more simple subjects in a sentence
(EXAMPLES)
Mark, Shane, and Billy went bowling. (three simple subjects)
Brownies, chips, dip, and ice cream are delicious. (four simple subjects)
25. compound predicate- two or more simple predicates in a sentence
(EXAMPLES)
Michael ran, dribbled, and shot the ball! (three simple predicates)
The kitten played with the yarn and meowed several times. (two simple
predicates)
26. plot- what happens in a story; how the story unfolds
27. characters- people or objects (talking tree, etc.) in the story
28. setting- where and when a story takes place
29. speaker/narrator- person who is telling the story
30. sensory details- what you feel with your five senses; make a story seem
real
31. idiom- a piece of cake----meaning-----very easy (EXAMPLE) It’s
raining cats and dogs! ** This means that heavy rain is falling.
32. fables- teach moral lessons---The Tortoise and the Hare
33. dictionary- tells the meaning, part of speech, and how to pronounce a
word; a glossary does the same job as a dictionary
34. thesaurus- a book of synonyms and antonyms
35. sequential order- (time order) Writers start with what happened first,
second, and so on to arrange a story to be read.
36. dialogue- a conversation between two or more people; Each speaker has
to be written in a separate paragraph, indented with quotation marks.
(EXAMPLE)
“What time is the ballgame?” Tom bellowed.
Sue yelled, “It begins at 7:30!”
“Let’s eat at McDonald’s before we go,” suggested Bill.
“That will be fantastic!” cried Sue.
37. antonyms- words that mean the opposite: (hot/cold; happy/sad;
left/right)
38. synonyms- words that mean the same: (small/little; sick/ill)
39. homophones- words that are spelled differently but sound the same:
(plane/plain; there/they’re/their; to/too/two)
40. complex sentence- an independent sentence (clause) joined with a
dependent clause by the use of a subordinating conjunction
(AAAWWUBBIS); when the independent clause begins the sentence, no
comma is required; when the dependent clause begins the sentence, a
comma is required
(EXAMPLE)
When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last
page.
The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.
41. subordinating conjunction – AAAWWUBBIS (as, although, after,
while, when, unless, because, before, if, since); used to join complex
sentences
42. play – a piece of writing meant to be acted out on stage