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COMPOSITION WRITING

ClassNotes Team 15 MIN READUPDATED 2 JUL 2026

English Language JSS1 First Term

WEEK THREE

THEME: WRITING

COMPOSITION WRITING

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

  1. Identify the various types of Composition writing.
  2. List the elements of composition

CONTENT

In the literary sense, a composition (from the Latin "to put together") is the way a writer assembles words and sentences to create a coherent and meaningful work. The composition can also mean the activity of writing, the nature of the subject of a piece of writing, the piece of writing itself, and the name of a college course assigned to a student. This essay focuses on practising how people write.

TYPES OF COMPOSITION

The four classical types of composition (description, narration, exposition, and argumentation) are not categories, per…