TYPES OF COMPOSITION

When you write a composition, you need to understand the type of witting required.
Your piece of writing can be in the form of an informal letter, a report or an article for
a magazine.

LETTERSare written to a person (e.g. your pen friend, a newspaper editor, etc.) or a
group of people (e.g. the local basketball club, the hotel administration, etc.) for a
specific reason (e.g. to give advice, to make a complaint, to thank for the invitation,
etc.). They include:

Informal letters to people you know well, written in a personal chatty style.

Formal letters to managers/officials, etc., written in a polite formal style.

Semi-formal letters to people you do not know well or people you know but you want
to sound polite and respectful, e.g. your teacher, your pen friend's parents, etc.,
written in a polite and respectful style.

Letters to the Editor, which present the writer's personal opinion on a specific
problem or the writer's suggestions on a specific problem.

ARTICLESare found in magazines and newspapers. They include descriptions of people,
places, buildings, objects, festivals, ceremonies, etc.

NARRATIVES (STORIES) are about real or imaginary events, which happened in the
past. They can be written in the first person (first-person narratives) when the writer is
the main character of the story or in the third person (third-person narratives) when
the writer is describing events which happened to another person or group of people.

REPORTSare formal pieces of writing and have a specific format and features. They
include:

News reports about current/recent events (e.g. accidents, natural disasters, etc.)
written in impersonal style. News reports present facts objectively and unemotionally.

Assessment reports discussing the suitability of a person, place, plan, etc. for a
particular purpose, job, etc.

Proposals reports discussing suggestions or decisions about future actions.

Survey reports, which are based on research.

REVIEWSare formal pieces of witting discussing a film, play, TV program, book,
restaurant/cafe, etc. and recommending it or not to the reader.

ESSAYSare a group of compositions describing various opinions, concerning specific
topics, discussing different problems and their causes. They include:

Discursive Essays about arguments concerning particular subjects.

"For and Against" Essays, which present the pros and cons on a specific topic.

Opinion Essays, which present the writer's personal opinion on a specific topic.

Providing Solutions to Problems Essays, which discuss a problem and its causes,
making suggestions and mentioning the expected results and consequences.




COMPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS

Composition instructions are also called the rubric.

It describes an imaginary situation which you will write about. This may suggest
who/what you are, what has happened, why you are writing, etc.

The rubric also suggests the imaginary readerof what you write. This may be a
specific person or a general type of person.

Finally, the instructions include a number of specific topics in your answer.


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COMPOSITION LAYOUT
Most compositions (articles, letters, narrative stories, etc.) have three basic parts:
1. Introduction

A travel agency has asked you to write an article about an unusual
holiday destination, mentioning how to get there and what
young people can see and do there. Write your article in 120-180 words.

The introduction is a short paragraph in which we give the reader a general
idea of the subject of the composition, and attract their attention so that they
want to continue reading.

2. Main Body
In the main body we develop points related to the subject of the composition.
This part usually consists of two or more paragraphs, depending on the subject.

3. Conclusion
The conclusion is a short final paragraph in which we summarize the main idea
of the subject, restate our opinion using different words, discuss the results of
the main event, etc.

LINKING WORDS/PHRASES
Linking words and phrases can make our writing more interesting by joining short,
simple sentences into one longer sentence. It can also make our writing easier to
understand, by showing the ideas or events into sentences/paragrahs are relates.
Click on this website to check the different linking words.
http://teachermario.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/english-grammar-linking-wordd.






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My school is Technological University of Tulancigo. I course the ninth four months . My teacher
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My favorite asigatura is physical education.
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