Six Traits of Writing

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
R e a d i l t
2.
E x p e r c e
The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events
3.
t s i t i o s
4.
c p a l i t i o n
5.
N t u r a
Someone regarded as certain to succeed
6.
P e s o a i t
The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental
7.
A d r b s
The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses (plural)
8.
A d e n e
An opportunity to state your case and be heard
9.
A e t i v e s
The word class that qualifies nouns (plural)
10.
r u o
11.
a p s t r p e
Address to an absent or imaginary person
12.
c o m
A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure
13.
h i t o i c a
Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
14.
v e r t i c l
15.
s p p o t i n
16.
p r s p e c t
A way of regarding situations or topics etc
17.
d c i p t v e
18.
q o e
A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
19.
a n d t e
20.
q u e s i n a k
A punctuation ___ placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a ___
21.
s h w
The act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
22.
s e i n g
Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
23.
a c i o
The state of being active
24.
e f f e
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon