SIX-TRAITS

IDEAS

IDEAS

• Personally important topic
• Clear focus
• Interesting and important details
• Easy to follow and it makes sense
• The writing is unique

ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION

• Uses a beginning, middle, and end
• Has a good sense of sequence
• The most important ideas have the most attention
• The transitions sound natural

WORD CHOICE

WORD CHOICE

• Precise and unique words
• Memorable phrases
• Considers use of synonyms
• Uses similes, metaphors, alliteration, etc.

VOICE

VOICE

• Has your personality, emotion, experience, style, and point of view
• Sounds honest and sincere
• Author shows feeling toward the subject
• Author shares opinion
• Has audience awareness

SENTENCE FLUENCU

SENTENCE FLUENCY

• It has a variety of sounds
• It has a variety of beginnings
• Has a variety of sentences
• Has a variety of transitions and connectors
• Has readability

CONVENTIONS

CONVENTIONS

• Words are abbreviated correctly
• Check punctuation
• Capitalize the beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and titles
• Don't use words such as "cause" or "gonna" unless in dialogue
• Indent paragraphs and leave the same amount of space between each word

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