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Writing Traits - Voice and Conventions
2016-2017
Date
April 6, 2017
Additional Info
Short stories must be completed by tomorrow!
Revise and edit your stories for Voice and Conventions.
Voice - matches type of writing and shows your personality.
POV:
- 1st person - main character tells the story, "I" narrator.
- 2nd person - puts reader in the story, "You" narrator
- 3rd person
- Limited: to the main character, view the action through the eyes of the main character
- Objective: view through multiple characters but make switch obvious, He/She/It narrator
- Omniscient: narrator knows all, not limited to only what one character knows
Conventions
Capitals - names, places, "I", titles, etc
Organization - first line is indented, new line for dialogue, complete sentences
Punctuation - periods, exclamation points, question marks, quotations, etc.
Spelling - use a dictionary to check spelling