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6 Traits of Writing Things to make your writing more interesting

The 6 traits are:  Ideas and Development  Organization  Voice  Word Choice  Sentence Fluency  Conventions

Ideas and Development  Knowing what to say  Focusing on the main point  Adding important details  Getting rid of the ‘filler’  Identifying the purpose & audience  Creative, fresh, insightful

Organization  Putting things in order  Beginning with a good lead  Ending with a satisfying conclusion  Linking ideas together smoothly

 Little Women quote

Voice  Putting yourself in your writing  Thinking of your audience  Liking your topic – letting is show  Matching voice to purpose  Personality

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Word Choice  Painting word pictures  Finding the right words  Avoiding fluff (nice, special, good)  Favoring strong verbs  Stout vocabulary

Hatchet  Page 40

Sentence Fluency  Clarity, it has to make sense  Varying sentence length  Differing sentence beginnings  A rhythmic flow  Easy to read aloud  Do it!

 The Dark is Rising

Conventions  Correct spelling  Correct grammar and usage  Punctuation; paragraph indentation  A pleasing layout  Neatness