Writing traits - narrative paragraph

You should capitalize the first letter of every sentence and people's names.

You should follow the rules of punctuation.

The setting should be easy to understand.

Voice and word choice are important.

You should mix short, medium, and long sentences.

You should find and fix fragments, run-ons, subject/verb disagreement, and verb/verb disagreement.

You should mix simple, complex, and compound sentences.

You should use transition words.

The story events should be clear.

How many writing traits do we grade in Oregon?

You should have one point of view character.

Your paragraph should have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

In Oregon, we grade voice and word choice.