3rd Gr CAASPP ELA Vocabulary List 1

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What is an article?

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A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine.

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What is a heading?

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A word or phrase that is printed at the top of a page or section and tells what the section will be about.

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What is an antonym?

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A word which means the opposite of another word.

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What is punctuation?

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The marks in writing such as periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and quotation marks.

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What is prewriting?

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The step in the writing process before starting the first draft.

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What is a synonym?

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A word that means the same thing or almost the same thing as another word.

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What is a paragraph?

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A group of sentences that discuss one main idea.

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What is a narrative?

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A story that tells about a series of events.

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What is a verb?

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A word that describes an action or a state of being.

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What is a noun?

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A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.