Middle School Language Arts
Grades 6-8
(M)= Marzano words
Literary Analysis |
Writing Process |
Writing Applications |
alliteration (M) analyze antagonist assonance (M) author’s perspective author’s purpose(M) autobiography (M) ballad (M) biography (M) character (M) climax (M) compare conflict connotative meaning(M) consonant consonance (M) contrast denotative meaning(M) dialect (M) dialogue (M) drama (M) essay (M) exposition (M) external conflict fable (M) fiction (M) figurative language flashback (M) folktale foreshadowing (M) genre (M) hyperbole (M) idioms (M) imagery (M) infer (M internal conflict irony (M) |
anecdote (M) argumentation audience autobiography (M) brainstorming (M) conclusions (M) conferencing conventions (M) description (M) drafting (M) editing (M) elaboration (M) etymology (M) extensions extraneous information(M) final copy focus graphic organizer (M) ideas introduction (M) journal entry KWL lead mechanics of language(M) organization (M) outline (M) paragraphs (M) parallelism personal interests plagiarism (M) pre-writing (M) prior knowledge proofreading (M) publishing (M) punctuation (M) purpose (M repetitious revising (M) |
advertisements (M) appeal to authority business letter (M) cinquain comparison/contrast controlling idea creative dialogue (M) diamante editorial emotional appeal essay (M) expository/informational writing figurative language (M) figurative speech (M) found poem free verse friendly letter (M) grammar in context haiku historical fiction (M) invitation (M) letter of complaint letter of request (M) letter to the editor limericks mini-lesson narrative narrative poem news articles persuasive plays public service announcement research report/project rhythm (M) short stories (M skit song lyrics |
legend (M) main idea metaphor (M) meter (M) mood (M) myth (M) narrative poem narrator (M) nonfiction (M) onomatopoeia (M) oxymoron paraphrase (M) personification plot (M) poetry point of view (M) prediction prefixes (M) primary source (M) propaganda (M) prose protagonist repetition resolution (M) rhyming pattern/scheme rhythm (M) rising action sarcasm (M) secondary source (M) setting short story (M) simile (M) sound stanza suffixes (M) supporting details symbolism (M) theme (M) |
tone (M) rough draft sensory details sentence fluency support thesis statement (M) title (M) topic sentence (M) transitions (M) Venn diagram voice (M) word choice writer’s notebook writing connections |
speech (M) supporting argument tanka |