User:CutiesmartA/About the six traits

WRITING AND GRAMMAR

THE SIX TRAITS THERE A SIX TRAITS 1)TRAIT#1:ORGANIZATION 2)TRAIT#2:CONVENTIONS 3)TRAIT#3:IDEAS 4)TRAIT#4:WORD CHOICE 5)TRAIT#5:FLUENCY 6)TRAIT#6:VOICE TRAIT#1:ORGANIZATION THERE ARE SOME STEPS TO FOLLOW: 1)PLAN THE ORGANIZATION:know what your suppose to write. 2)STATE THE TOPIC AND FOCUS ON THE FIRST PARAGRAPH:mention the topic in the paragraph regularly. 3)DEVELOP YOUR WRITING IDEA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARAGRAPH:express your personality and what you are thinking. 4)END WITH A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH:it's like a summary of what you've been writing on the essay. 5)USE TRANSITION WORDS TO PHRASES TO CONNECT PARAGRAPHS:using transition words and phrases helps papers read more smoothly.they provide logical organization and understandability and improve the connections and transitions between thoughts.                                     TRAIT#2:CONVENTIONS 1)SPELLING,2)PUNCTUATION,3)CAPITALIZATION,4)GRAMMAR,5)PARAGRAPHING 1)SPELLING-if you don't know how to spell a word you must look it up or ask a friend 2)punctuation-example period.,comma, and question mark ?. 3)capitalization-example names of people that you capitalize their names. 4)grammar-check all your sentences at all times 5)paragraphing-a paragraph is a group of sentences that concentrate on one topic.                                     TRAIT#3:IDEAS IDEAS-main idea one that interests you and works well for your assignment.

TRAIT#4:WORD CHOICE WORD CHOICE-word choice is accuracy,precision,everyday words used in fresh words. SHOW,DON'T TELL show-an immediate way of pulling the audience into the writing. tell-keeps the audience at rams length. TRAIT#5:FLUENCY WHAT IS SENTENCE FLUENCY? sentence fluency-one sentence glides into another,variety in length,variety in structure,delightful to read/hear,easy to read expression. TIPS FOR SUCCESS FOR SENTENCE FLUENCY-read aloud,combine,keep it crisp,check out those first four words,don't get breathless. TRAIT#6:VOICE VOICE-is when you write in a way that sounds natural....like the real person. personality when you have narrative writing,and you can hear your voice in every line....then you have achieved this. voice gives writing energy and life.if you are truly interested in your topic,your writing will have topic. HOW CAN MY WRITING VOICE SOUND MORE NATURAL YOU CAN KEEP A PERSONAL JOURNAL. "TALK" to friends and relatives in friendly letters and e-mail messages. begin writing assignments by freely recording your topic. GRAMMAR SUBJECT NOTES SIMPLE SUBJECT COMPLETE SUBJECT SIMPLE SUBJECT-is the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about. COMPLETE SUBJECT-tells all the words that tell whom or what a sentence is about. THE PREPOSITION-a preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. example-lily found the pictures of her grandma in the attic.the word IN is a preposition because it tells us where lily found the picture. THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE-the prepositional phrase is a group of that begins with a prepositional and ends with a noun or pronoun.