6-Traits
Types of Writing
Types of Sentences
Patterns of Organization
Writing Process
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What are the Six traits?
Ideas, Organization, Voice, Conventions, Sentence Fluency, and Word Choice
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What is Compare and Contrast Writing?
This type of writing allows the writer to point out similarities and differences about topics, subjects or objects. Compare means to identify how your topics are alike or similar. You state what they have in common. On the other hand, contrast means to identify what is different about your your topic.
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What does a Simple Sentence contain of?
It contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.
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How many patterns of organization are there?
7
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During this part of the process you look over your writing to fix it.
Revision, Revising
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What does the word voice mean?
A strong sense of the audience
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What is Descriptive writing?
Like the word describe. You use your senses to describe the people and places you are writing about. What do you see, hear, smell taste and feel.
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What is a Compound Sentence?
A sentence with multiple independent clauses but no dependent clauses.
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What are all of the patterns of organization?
Chronological, Compare and Contrast, Order of Importance, Sequence, Spatial, Cause and Effect, and Problem and Solution
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During this part of the process you plan what you will write about.
Planning, Brainstorm
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What trait does correct spelling and correct grammar go into?
Conventions
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What is Expository writing?
Its basically a fancy way of saying explain, or inform. This writing style is used to explain how to do something or to inform you how to do it.
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What is a Complex Sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
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How is a passage organized chronologically?
When information in a passage is organized by the time in which each event occurred.
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During this part of the process you start composing or drafting your writing.
Rough draft
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Name the trait that varies the start of your sentences?
Sentence Fluency
400
Narrative Writing
Its a type of writing that you can tell a story from your (Narrator) point of view.
400
What is a Complex-Compound Sentence?
A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
400
What does Cause and Effect explain?
Paragraphs structured as cause and effect explain reasons why something happened or the effects of something.
400
During this part of the process you look over your writing for conventional errors.
Editing
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What are three important things about the trait "organization"?
Indent, Flowing, Order, Draws the reader into the novel
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What is Persuasive Writing?
If someone has ever tried to change your mind they have used a persuasive way of talking. Persuasive writing is writing to attract you to something or to persuade you to do it.
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What Type of sentence is this? Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
Compound Sentence
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What is Problem Solution?
Problem and Solution is a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue (a problem) and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue (solution or attempted solution).
500
During this part of the process you write you paper neatly and corrected.
Final Draft