TYPES OF COMPOSITION

TYPES OF COMPOSITION

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

LETTERS are write to a person (e.g. your pen friend, a newspaper editor, etc) or a grup of people (e.g. the students* society, the local football club, etc) for a specific reason (e.g. to give advice, to make a complaint 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-forml letters to people you do not know but you want to sound polite and respectful e.g. a teacher of yours, your pen friend*s parents, etc, written in a polite and respectful style.

ARTICLES are a found in magazines and newspaper. The following can be found in the form of an articles:

-Descriptions of people, places, buildings, objects, festivals,ceremonies etc.

-Narratives about real or imaginary events which happened in yhe 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.

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

-Reviews discussing  film, TV programe book, restaurant, etc and recommending it or not to the reader.

-Discursive essays about arguments concerning particular subjects. They include:

-For and Against essays which present the pros and cons on a specifi topic

-Opinion Essays which presents the writer*s personal opinion on a specific topic

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

-Letters to the Editor wich present the writer*s personal opinion on a specific topic or the writer*s  suggestions on a specific problem.

REPORTS are formal pieces of writing and features. They include:

-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.