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6+1 Traits of Writing. Can you list the traits?. Ideas: Content is clear and focused. Defines a specific topic Details focused on the topic (support paragraphs’ main ideas) Details are quality and go beyond the obvious (show-me-don’t-tell-me). Organization: the paper’s structure.
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Ideas: Content is clear and focused • Defines a specific topic • Details focused on the topic (support paragraphs’ main ideas) • Details are quality and go beyond the obvious (show-me-don’t-tell-me)
Organization:the paper’s structure • Introduction draws reader in • Transitions connect ideas • Conclusion leaves the reader with a sense of closure • Overall the paper moves the reader along
Voice: the style of the writer • Writing is appropriate for the assignment • Writing connects with the audience • The purpose of the writing is understood by the reader • A personal stamp
Word Choice: vocabulary decisions • Language enhances meaning • Language clarifies understanding • Creative choices make it interesting • Word precision is obvious (it was revised until the writer decided it sounded the best that it could)
Sentence Fluency:writing has an easy flow • Sentence construction helps meaning • Sentences vary in length and structure • You can read it aloud easily
Conventions:uses standard writing conventions • Correct spelling • Correct punctuation • Correct capitalization • Correct grammar and usage
Presentation:how the paper looks • Properly formatted (followed directions about spacing, title, etc.) • Typed or NEATLY handwritten depending on the instructions