COMPOSITION WRITING SKILLS ONE WORD TOPIC

COMPOSITION WRITING SKILLS

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A) THEME

•Main idea of a composition

•Theme can be given in the topic eg:

Describe a time when there was a serious storm in Singapore which caused widespread flooding.

(I will describe the results of the storm.)

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One Word Topic

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•In some cases, the theme is not given in the topics :

•Dreams

•Slavery

•Television

•Pollution

•Crime

•Deserts

•Accidents

•Dancing

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•Use one of these approaches :

•FATIMAH

•F : Factual

•A : Attitudes

•T : Types

•I M : Importance to man

•A : Advantages/Disadvantages

•H : Historical

•S: Story / Personal recount

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SOMETIMES ONE CAN COMBINE 2 OF THE ABOVE APPROACHES

•Theme : Describe different





types of accidents

•AND/OR

•Describe the different





causes/consequences





of accidents

•People attitudes towards







“accidents”

MAKING A PLAN



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TIPCAT

•T : Time order

•I : Importance

•P : Place

•C : Classify

•A : Advantages

•T : Theme

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STARTING A









COMPOSITION-----------------

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TAPS







•T : Theme

•A : Action

•P : Proverb

•S : Speech







Other starters:

•Flashback

•Action : Shocking





statement

•Quotation

•Definition

•Description : environment





, people…







LINKING







WORDS





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To link paragraphs

•In addition

•Besides this

•Furthermore

•Nevertheless

•However

•Despite this

•Later on

•Before this

•On the other hand

•Another reason

•In other countries

•In future

•Finally...

ENDING A







COMPOSITION------------







FST

•F : Future

•S : Sum up

•T : Theme





PLAN YOUR







ESSAY WELL

•FATIMAH

•TIPCAT

•TAPS

•FST