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Six Traits

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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SIX TRAITS

VOICE, IDEAS, ORGANIZATION, WORD CHOICE, SENTENCE FLUENCY, CONVENTIONS
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IDEAS

THE MAIN POINT OR STORYLINE
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IDEAS

  • Awareness of details
  • Knowing what's important or interesting
  • Clarity, focus, sense of purpose
  • Description is distinctive
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ORGANIZATION

THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE PIECE
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ORGANIZATION

  • Beginning, middle, and end
  • Ability to organize and group
  • Good sense of sequence
  • Order is logical
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WORD CHOICE

EVIDENCE OF PRECISION IN THE USE OF WORDS
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WORD CHOICE

  • Specific and precise
  • Awareness of language
  • Stretching to use new words
  • Understanding that there are different ways to say things
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VOICE

EVIDENCE OF THE WRITER BEHIND THE MESSAGE
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VOICE

  • Evokes an emotional response
  • Tailoring communication for an audience
  • Communicates a strong sense of the person behind the words
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SENTENCE FLUENCY

THE RHYTHM AND FLOW OF THE LANGUAGE
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SENTENCE FLUENCY

  • A variety of sentence lengths
  • An ear for language patterns
  • Sentence sense
  • Use of more complex sentences
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CONVENTIONS

THE MECHANICAL CORRECTNESS OF THE PIECE
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CONVENTIONS

  • Awareness of spelling, capitalization, grammar usage, and punctuation
  • Capitalize proper nouns
  • Double check vocab words
  • Indent paragraphs
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