COMPOSITION

Meaning

A composition is a group of paragraphs dealing with a single

topic

However, before you go further on studying composition, it is

better for you to know what paragraph is.

PARAGRAPH

Meaning

A paragraph is a group of sentences dealing with a single topic or

idea.

However, before you go further on studying paragraph, it is better

for you to know what sentence is.

SENTENCE

Meaning

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

A sentence makes sense because it is a whole idea, not just part

of one.

Sometimes in conversation, you use only parts of sentence.

For example, somebody may reply to a question with a word or

two

i. Not now.

ii. That one.

iii. Yes.

In other hand, in writing complete sentences are important so as

to make your ideas clear and understandable.

As it is defined, a sentence is a group of words that that expresses

a complete thought.

For example, these groups of words are sentences

i. Makomba walks down the street.

ii. The plane is flying towards north.

iii. The Sun rose late last month.

Sometimes part of an idea is missing from a sentence. Then the

group of words is called a sentence fragment.

Sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a

complete thought.

For example, the following are sentence fragments:

i. Walks down the street. (Who walks?)

ii. The plane. (What about the car?)

iii. Late last month. (What happened?)

Parts of Sentence

Every sentence is made up of two basic parts: the subject and the

predicate.

The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. It tells who

or what did something or what the sentence is about

The predicate tells something about the subject. It tells what is

done or what happens.

Example:

Subject Predicate

(who or what) (what is said about the subject)

The river flooded the valley.

A journalist from Sunday News wrote the news.

The students fight for the food.

Each of these sentence expresses a complete thought. Each of

them tells something about a person, place, or thing.

In advance frame work of sentence is made up of Subject (S),

Verb (V), Object (O) or Complement (C) and Adverbial (A).

SVOCA analysis.

Subject is a doer of the action; who or what does something.

Subject

A teacher teaches his subject well.

Doer of something

Verb is an action done by a Subject

Subject Verb

A teacher teaches his subject well

Doer of something Action done

Object is a receiver of an action

Subject Verb Object

A teacher teaches his subject well

Doer of something Action done Receives Action

Adverbial (adverb) is a word that adds more information about

time, place, manner or degree to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or

another adverb

Parts of Paragraph

Types of Paragraphs

Parts of Composition

The Introduction

The Main Body

The Conclusion

Types of Compositions

The Explanatory Composition

The Descriptive Composition

The Narrative Composition