6 Traits: Convention Notes

6 traits: Convention Notes

Conventions

Conventions, in writing, are the agreed upon rules and standards for writing and include:

• Grammar

• Punctuation

• Spelling

• Capitalization

Commas ,
Periods .
Question marks ?
Exclamation marks !
Quotation marks " "
Apostrophes '
Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces ( ) [ ] { }

Punctuation tools include:

​Tools that allow for the easier organization and sharing of thoughts

Punctuation

Multiple Choice

Which is not a category related to conventions?

• Punctuation

• Spelling

• Complete sentences

• Capitalization

Grammar

focuses on parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, word order, and verb tenses

Parts of speech include: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles
Subject-Verb agreement means that when the subject is singular, so is the verb and if the subject is plural, the verb is too
Example: She (singular) sings well.
They (plural) sing well.

Grammar (continued)

The order of words in English sentences is subject/verb/object
Example: He (subject) jumped (verb) the log (object).
However, word order refers to the verb being moved in front of the subject when a question is asked.
Example: She is going shopping. is a statement. to make it a question, the verb would go first: Is she going shopping?
Verb tense refer to the time an action took place: past, present, or future; you need to keep the verb tense the same, sticking with whichever tense you started with.

Multiple Choice

What does word order refer to?

• Subject/ Verb/ Object

• moving the verb first to make a question

• Putting words in alphabetical (ABC) order

• The noun coming first in a statement

Grammar (continued)

While it is not one of the main categories in grammar, sentence structure can also be tied into grammar.
Sentence fragments are incomplete sentences, usually missing a subject, verb, or both a subject and a verb
Run-on sentences are sentences that contain 2. complete thoughts without any words being added, removed, or rearranged.

Multiple Choice

What kind of sentence is the following:

She ran away she thought they would never catch her.

• Run-on

• Complete

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

What kind of sentence is the following:

Never thought they would catch me.

• Run-on

• Complete

• Fragment