3rd Grade ELA 2009
  • 1. People who give attention to something said, done, or written
A) presenters
B) audience
C) writers
D) teachers
  • 2. The reason an author writes something
A) entertain
B) inform
C) persuade
D) author's purpose
  • 3. The most important idea about a topic
A) theme
B) character
C) setting
D) central/main idea
  • 4. A list of items that a good writer uses to check their writing
A) checklist
B) supporting details
C) headings
D) notes
  • 5. To discover similarities
A) create
B) find
C) compare
D) contrast
  • 6. Small pieces of information that tell about the main idea
A) supporting details
B) main idea
C) headings
D) summaries
  • 7. The big idea in a story where the characters learn a lesson
A) theme
B) point-of-view
C) central idea
D) opinion
  • 8. Not the same
A) different
B) compare
C) plot
D) other
  • 9. To discover differences
A) contrast
B) create
C) similar
D) compare
  • 10. The first written form
A) paragraph
B) sentence
C) edit
D) draft
  • 11. To prepare for presentation by checking and correcting grammar and spelling
A) publish
B) create
C) draft
D) edit
  • 12. A ficticious story where animals speak and act like humans to teach a lesson
A) fiction
B) poem
C) plot
D) fable
  • 13. Information that can be proved true or false
A) fact
B) point-of-view
C) opinion
D) author's purpose
  • 14. A ficticious story or legend passed down from generation to generation
A) poem
B) nonfiction
C) fantasy
D) folktale
  • 15. A form of writing, music, or other composition
A) poetry
B) genre
C) fiction
D) nonfiction
  • 16. The title or topic at the top or beginning of a chapter, paragraph, or letter
A) endings
B) main idea
C) beginnings
D) headings
  • 17. A factual written piece
A) fiction
B) plot
C) rubric
D) informational/nonfiction
  • 18. A story that is told or written
A) topic
B) narrative text
C) setting
D) selection
  • 19. Information that tells someone's ideas or feelings
A) supporting details
B) fable
C) opinion
D) fact
  • 20. A small piece of writing
A) detail
B) passage
C) rubric
D) topic
  • 21. The important events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of a story
A) topic
B) plot
C) theme
D) setting
  • 22. The way a narrator, character, reader, or author thinks about something
A) genre
B) point-of-view
C) ideas
D) topic
  • 23. a fictious story that could really happen
A) poetry
B) nonfiction
C) realistic fiction
D) fantasy
  • 24. To change or modify a piece of writing by adding and deleting information
A) create
B) revise
C) brainstorm
D) draft
  • 25. A summary used to assess a person's work
A) genre
B) heading
C) draft
D) rubric
  • 26. A small piece of writing
A) setting
B) plot
C) selection
D) theme
  • 27. When and where a story takes place
A) character
B) setting
C) central idea
D) theme
  • 28. The same or almost the same
A) story
B) similar
C) Venn Diagram
D) contrast
  • 29. To tell the important events in a story
A) summarize
B) create
C) revise
D) edit
  • 30. The expression in wriitng
A) voice
B) genre
C) details
D) setting
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