GA Milestones ELA Review, Grade 3 Questions
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main idea what the WHOLE passage is MOSTLY about
supporting details these give you more information about the main idea
inferencing when you take hints and clues from the author and create an idea based on
those clues and your own background knowledge
Sequencing putting the events of a story in order (also known as Chronological Order)
Synonym words that mean the same
Antonym words that are opposite in meaning
Homophones words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different
spellings
Prefixes letters at the FRONT of a word that change the word's meaning
Suffixes letters at the END of a word that change the word's meaning
, Root Word the part that is actually a word---sometimes this is called a base word. Prefixes
and suffixes are added to a root word to change its meaning.
Dictionary used to find definitions, spelling, parts of speech, and other information about
words in the English language
Guide Words words at the top of a dictionary (or glossary) that help guide you to find
your word more easily on the page
Thesaurus used to help find synonyms for commonly used words when you are writing
Atlas a book of maps
Almanac a book that is published yearly with lots of important information about a wide
variety of topics
Idioms words and phrases that are not to be taken literally (they mean something
completely different)
Table of Contents located at the front of a book; shows you the chapter titles and what
page they begin
Glossary like a little dictionary for your textbook; they contain definitions of the
important vocabulary words from your book
and Answers| Latest Update
main idea what the WHOLE passage is MOSTLY about
supporting details these give you more information about the main idea
inferencing when you take hints and clues from the author and create an idea based on
those clues and your own background knowledge
Sequencing putting the events of a story in order (also known as Chronological Order)
Synonym words that mean the same
Antonym words that are opposite in meaning
Homophones words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different
spellings
Prefixes letters at the FRONT of a word that change the word's meaning
Suffixes letters at the END of a word that change the word's meaning
, Root Word the part that is actually a word---sometimes this is called a base word. Prefixes
and suffixes are added to a root word to change its meaning.
Dictionary used to find definitions, spelling, parts of speech, and other information about
words in the English language
Guide Words words at the top of a dictionary (or glossary) that help guide you to find
your word more easily on the page
Thesaurus used to help find synonyms for commonly used words when you are writing
Atlas a book of maps
Almanac a book that is published yearly with lots of important information about a wide
variety of topics
Idioms words and phrases that are not to be taken literally (they mean something
completely different)
Table of Contents located at the front of a book; shows you the chapter titles and what
page they begin
Glossary like a little dictionary for your textbook; they contain definitions of the
important vocabulary words from your book
