General Considerations For An Effective Composition: There is no single way to write an effective composition.

Once you have chosen a topic to write on, your success will depend upon a number of considerations.

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Your knowledge of the topic Your own personality, background, and sensitivity Your purpose and the worth behind the main ideas you wish to communicate Your ability to express yourself with clarity, accuracy, vigor, individuality, and originality

Four Standards For A Successful Composition: There are four standards according to which a composition may be termed successful. 1. Organization--Is the composition well planned and the thought developed so that the controlling idea is made clear? 2. Substance (worth)Are the ideas original, logical, interesting, and convincing enough to hold the readers attention? 3. StyleIs the approach appropriate to the thought? 4. MechanicsTo what degree is the writer able to spell correctly, to punctuate, and to use acceptable standards of grammar?

Three Stages of Writing: In general, the process of writing a composition divides itself into three stages. 1. Choosing a topic; gathering and sifting materials; planning the organization and development of the composition in the outline so that it has unity 2. Writing the composition by following the outline 3. Rereading and REVISING the composition to make it more expressive, vivid, and clear and to check for grammatical and rhetorical correctness.