English composition
School writing class
English composition is the practice of writing in English, typically as an academic subject teaching essay structure, argument, and clarity of expression.
A composition is also the resulting written work itself: The teacher assigned a five-paragraph composition on summer vacation.
The term appears most often in educational contexts, from elementary school through college writing courses.
- thesis statementCore claim of essay
- five paragraph essayStructured academic composition format
- essay writingProducing structured arguments
- outliningTracing outer contours
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
writer's block · tone · topic sentence · diction · research papers · paragraphing · narrative voice · active voice · rhetorical devices · figurative language · drafting · first draft · academic integrity · conciseness · paraphrasing · counterargument · thesis defense · citations
- college coursesbiology, calculus, chemistry, physics, quantum physics
- introductory textbookscalculus textbook, algebra textbook, microeconomics, macroeconomics, organic chemistry
- premedpremed, pre-med, MCAT, medical school, med school
- school subjectsmath, science, history, reading, art
English compositionmathematics
Science of quantity and structure
calculus · algebra · physics · chemistry · computer science
English compositioncreative writing
Original literary expression
poetry · free verse · imaginative writing · stream of consciousness · literary fiction
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