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Composing Essays

1.Criteria of a good composition

2.Steps in writing a composition

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Definition of a good composition:

It contains something interesting

and /orimportant ,and if

possible ,something new, to say

and that this something is

expressed clearly ,accurately ,

and appropriately.

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Example;

Tyranny of the Urgent

Have youever wished for a thirty-hour day? Surely this extratime would relieve the tremendous pressure under which welive .Our lives leave a trail of unfinished tasks .Unanswered letters ,unvisited friends ,unwritten articles ,and unread books haunt quiet

moments when we stop to evaluate .We desperately need relief. When we stop to evaluate, we realize that our dilemma goes

deeper than shortage of time; it is basically the problem ofpriorities.Hard work does not hurt us. We all know what it is to go full speedfor long hours, totally involved in an important task; the resultingweariness is matched by a sense of achievement and joy. Not he

hard work, but doubt and misgiving produce anxiety as we review amonth or year and become oppressed by the pile of unfinished tasks.We sense demands have driven us onto a reef of frustration. Weconfess, quite apart from our sins, we have left undone those things

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Which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which

we ought not to have done.

A mans home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place awayfrom urgent tasks because the telephone breaches the walls with

imperious demands. The momentary appeal of these tasks seems

irresistible and important, and they devourour energy. But in the

light of times perspective their deceptive prominence fades; with a

sense of loss we recall the important tasks pushed aside. We realizeweve become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.

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Analysis

This piece of writing is about something we are always confrontedwith . Also it is a well-organized argumentative essay. Each paragraphhas its central theme . With the paragraph itself , the author use parallelstructures ,metaphor and repetition to connect the sentence,meanwhile , to stress the authors standpoint and make it eye-catching.

The ideas are expressed clearly , accurately and appropriately.The writer begins the essay by explaining that the prolongation of timecan not really help relieve people of the pressure. The he justifies theargument that the pressure in our life originates from the mishandledproblem of priorities .In the concluding paragraph ,the writer points outthat we are slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.

We can see that the authors purpose is to tell people not to let thetyranny of the urgent overwhelm the important tasks . With excellentsentences , we are more likely to be impressed .

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Steps in Writing a Composition

Planning a Composition

Writing the First Draft

Revising the First Draft

Making the Final Copy

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When a topic is assigned,we should workout a plan and manke sure that we have

enough material.

Some notes

Putting down all the relevant facts Thinking of a proper theme and deciding on

our purpose

Re-examining our list of details and outlining

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Sometimes,after the outline is written,we may findthe topic we have first decided on does not express

our central idea.We should then revise or even change

the topicTypes of outline

Thesis(controlling idea)

1Introduction2Main Idea

3Conclusion

Outline

Rules for writing outlines

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Now that the outline is ready,we can

begin to write the composition.Whenwriting our first draft,it is advisable

to leave both a margin and enoughspace between lines for future

improvement.

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This is an important step but it is often neglected.

(1)Content:Look at the paper /composition as a whole

(2)Organization:Look at the arrangement of the material

(3)Sentences

(4)Diction

(5)Mistakes in grammar,spelling,punctuation,and other

mechanics

From the list we can see that content and organization are

most important to a paper.We should always make sure that

we have something significant to say and that we express

our ideas in good order.

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After we have carefully revised the

draft,we are ready to make a cleanfinal copy,following the rules of

manuscripts form given in chapter1

of the book.The very last step in

writing a paper is to check the final

copy to correct careless mistakes ingrammar and spelling before we

hand it in.

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