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The Six Traits
Parts of an Essay
Essay Outline Format
6 Traits 2
Know Your Beck
100
This trait has to do with putting personality into one's writing.
What is voice
100
This is the name of the first paragraph in an essay
What is the introduction
100
What belongs as V.
What is the Conclusion
100
This is the memory device (acronym) to help you remember all 6 Traits of Writing
What is I VOW to watch CSI
100
31 years old
What is Ms. Beck's age!
200
Writing is strong in this trait when there is one clear topic, and numerous supporting details for that topic.
What is Ideas
200
The hook's purpose in an essay is to...
What is grab the reader's attention
200
How many body paragraphs are there in a typical essay?
What is three
200
The two most important traits of writing.
What is ideas and organization
200
2004
What is the year Beck started teaching at North
300
Completing an outline or graphic organizer will help you writing be strong in this trait.
What is ideas or organization
300
The most important sentence in an essay, it lists the main idea of the essay as well as the three main reasons.
What is the thesis statement
300
After capitalized Roman numerals, the next subcatergory receives what labels?
What is capital letters
300
The sentence: "He spilled his milk all over the table and then he jumped up his mother and he got all crazy about it." is an example of weak...
What is sentence fluency
300
Beck spent a week in California at a training for what bestselling book AND movie's foundation?
What is Freedom Writer's Institute.
400
Weakness in this trait can be described as language which is not energetic, accurate, or precise.
What is Word Choice
400
Every good body paragraph begins with this, which clearly expresses the main point of the paragraph...
What is topic sentence
400
Where does a thesis statement belong in an essay?
What is at the end of the introductory paragraph
400
A piece of writing with excellenct conventions can be described as...
What is having correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
400
"Where the girls are the fairest, the boys are the squarest"...this is where Ms. Beck went to college.
What is the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
500
Name all 6 Traits of Writing.
What is Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions
500
This sentence sums up the paragraph or explains it's greater purpose while referring back to the thesis statement
What is the interpretation/clincher sentence
500
What are the three elements of a conclusion?
What is Restatement of thesis, summary of main points, final comment
500
These are connecting words or phrases which help a paper stay organized and connect one idea to another.
What are transitions.
500
This is the name of one of Ms. Beck's pets.
What is Cici or Gypsy