9th grade style expectations

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9th grade style expectations

• STYLE CAN BE DEFINED AS HOW THE WRITER EXPRESSES
  HIM OR HERSELF. OR AS I MIGHT TELL A YOUNGER
  STUDENT, ITS HOW YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAY. THE
  FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WHAT 9TH GRADE WRITING
  SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT SOUND LIKE.

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9th grade style expectations

• Creative Titles
• Do not use book titles or assignment titles as
  your title for anything longer than a short
  response.
• Try alliteration or figurative language or a
  subtitle.
• 9th grade grabbers and zingers
• NEVER use onomatopoeia in isolation or imagine!
• Try to move away from using fragments.
• Try to grab and zing with your own words ie. no
  more quotes!
• The best zingers connect back to the grabbers.

Essays only
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9th grade style expectations

• Vocabulary
• Try to include at least two 100 words per
  paragraph, knowing that longer paragraphs should
  include more. However, remember tone, formality
  of the assignment, and audience when writing.
• Transitions
• Fit best at the beginning of paragraphs.
• Move beyond simple transitions such as first,
  next, another, or last to phrases/clauses.
• Avoid repetitiveness with transitions.
• EX. One reason that followed by Another
  reason that

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9th grade style expectations

• Dont forget the plethora of style tips youve
  received over the years know that style is not a
  checklist. Rather, ask yourself what did you
  do? Did I use
• -magic 3s like ifs, ands or buts, or
  snap-crackle-pop
• -use of alliteration (or consonance/assonance)
• -using punctuation such as a semi-colon
• -use of irony (either situationally or verbal)
• -use of hyperbole
• Etc. etc. etc.

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9th grade style expectations

• Words and/or phrases to avoid
• Vague words such as nice, good/bad, stuff, said,
  pretty, and things
• Linking verbs (this encourages STRONG action
  verbs)
• Phrases like This paper will explain, This
  Quote shows, and In conclusion

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9th grade style expectations

• And because we often write about literature
• Remember that it has its own style rules
  (literary present, pronoun usage, and
  incorporation/citation of excerpts).
• Be sure to TAG the text by listing the title,
  author, and genre of the text early in the
  writing.
• Avoid the in this book its redundant.