The International School of SMART Learners

ISSL Private High School

Free sharing for writing

Grade 11 & 12
 THE DIFFERENCE (ESSAY AND COMPOSITION

❖ Free writing ❖ Formatted

❖ Figurative approach ❖ Descriptive approach

❖ Language ability (Grammatical) ❖ Language ability

❖ Story telling (Grammatical & Content)

❖ Happy ending (Mostly) ❖ Proving a point

❖ Generalized Topic ❖ No particular ending

❖ Specific Topic
COMPOSITION
ESSAY
What is an Essay
An essay is a literary composition that describes, analyzes, and
evaluates a certain topic or an issue. It typically contains a
combination of facts and figures and personal opinions, ideas of the
writer.
An essay typically consists of
❖ a brief introduction,
❖ a body that consists of supporting paragraphs, and
❖ a conclusion.
❖ However, the structure, content and the purpose of an essay can
depend on the type of the essay.
An essay can be classified into various types depending on the
given essay title, or the style of the essay writer.
E.g. Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative, Expository, Persuasive,
etc. are some of these essay types.
❖ Narrative essays tells a true story from a writer's personal
experience.
E.g. My first day at school
❖ Descriptive essays paint a story using words,
E.g. Best summer vacation ever, A rainy day
❖ The argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the
student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate
evidence, and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.
E.g. Is social media bad for relationships ?
Should schools abolish homework?
How important is art education?
❖ Expository essays present facts about a topic,
E.g. Causes of global warming, What makes a good friend? What are
the benefits of working out?
❖ Persuasive essays argue a point and try to convince readers to agree
on that point,
E.g. Is social media good or bad?
Each type of essay has its own structure to be followed but all should

analyze, present, or describe a specific topic.

Difference between persuasive essays and argumentative
essays

While persuasive writing can get by with a heartfelt emotional

appeal or a well-defended opinion, argumentative writing must
cite scientific studies, statistics and quotes from experts.
What is a Composition
The term composition can refer to any creative work. A composition
can refer a poem, short story, essay, drama, novel or even a research
paper. It refers to an original and creative literary work.
Essay is a relatively short piece of writing on a particular topic.
Composition is a creative work.
Interconnection
Essay is a type of composition.
Not all compositions are essays.
Categories
Essay can be categorized as narrative, descriptive, persuasive,
argumentative, expository, etc.
A composition can be a short story, novel, poem, essay, drama,
painting, piece of music, etc.
 Prose vs verse
Essay is always written in prose.
Composition can be prose or verse.
 Process Approach for writing
1. Brainstorming. / Generating ideas ( Mindmapping)
2. Taking Notes ( Vocabulary – words or sentences )
3. Planning and Organising / ( Grammar pattern or structure)
4. Writing a draft
5. Editing
6. Evaluating
7. Final writing
Productive skills and its benefits
▪ The skill of being able to speak and write a language ( McMillian
dictionary )
▪ Foundation to creativity , innovation
▪ Building blocks of soft skills oriented job market ( domestically and
globally)
▪ Boost articulation
▪ Promote expression of ideas and artistic core of individual
 HOW TO UPGRADING SENTENCES
(Add and Replace Method)
John likes to listen to the radio.
John particularly enjoys listening to the radio every morning.
Japan is a very advanced country.
Japan, with its advanced technology, reigns the world’s market.
ADD AND REPLACE
❑ Identify Nouns and Verbs ❑ John likes to listen to the radio.

❑ Upgrade them with better words ❑ John particularly enjoys listening to the radio

❑ Add adverbs and adjectives every morning.

❑ Try to use cohesive devices and ❑ Japan is a very advanced country.

❑ Japan, with its advanced technology, reigns
relative clauses for complex
the world’s market.
sentences