The 6 Traits of Writing
Cate Morgan
6 Traits of Writing- a photostory
Ideas
- Try to pick a topic that interest you and that fits your assighnment
- Include details such as facts, statistics, and examples
- Ideas is a big part of prewriting
Organization
- When organizing a paragraph during prewriting your topic and conclusion sentence should always be green
- Main ideas should always be yellow
- and all the details should be red or pink
Voice
- Speak in a voice that engages the reader and wanting more
- Show rather than tell
Word Choice
- Use specific nouns and verbs
Use exciting adjectives and adverbs
- Use a thesaurus
Sentence Fluency
- Combine choppy sentences to make large and smooth ones
- Use a verity of sentence length
- Use simple, compound, and complex sentences
The Writing Process
The writing process is a tool to help you write a paper or an essay.
Brainstorming
Come up with a bunch of ideas that interest you then pick one.
Compose
Write or type your first draft. It's O.K to make mistakes because it's you first draft.
Evaluation
Break down your writing. Find out how many words in a sentence you have and any good vocabulary words.
Revision
Find your changes and mark them down on your document or paper.
Publish
Share your writing with other people.
Write Tools
Use these tools to complete the writing process.
T-table
Use a t-table to organize your prewriting and ideas.
Core 4 Topic sentence
Use one a topic sentence that falls under the category of declarative, interrogative, nuber, and simple statement.
Main Idea Sentence
When using a t-table main idea express well the main idea and when you highlight they are yellow.
Details
Details express more about the main idea and when highlighting on a t-table they are red or pink.
Conclusion
Conclusion end your paragraph when using a t-table conclusion are green along with the topic sentences.