Six Traits of Writing

Is editing one of the writing traits?

• Yes
• No

Why is the "Voice" important?

• It describes what the writers thoughts are.
• It is important because you sentence needs to flow smoothly.
• It corrects your grammar.

What is the trait that involves fixing mistakes in your paper?

• Organization
• Ideas
• Conventions
• Sentence fluency

Is word choice when you use descriptive and powerful words?

• Yes
• No

Organization is when...

• Spelling is checked.
• Things tie together and make sense.
• Sentences are started differently.

Ideas..

• Include the best details
• Give the paper purpose
• It will make people want to keep reading
• All of the above

Word choice is...

• When the words put a picture in the readers mind
• Using strong words
• Avoiding repeated words
• All of the above.

Organization makes the writing easy to follow.

• Yes
• No

Identify the trait being described in red below.
Good writing contains strong words, including specific nouns and verbs.

• ideas and content
• organization
• word choice
• conventions

Identify the trait being described in red below.
Effective writing flows smoothly, and sentences vary in length and begin in a variety of ways.

• sentence fluency
• voice
• organization
• ideas and content