Composition Study

The 7th grade composition study includes formal and informal responses
in four genres of composition.

Descriptive Descptive writing evokes and engages the reader through attention to detail. Description utilizes imagery, figurative devices, and strong verbs and adjectives to "paint a 5-dimensional" picture for the reader. Writers employee descrtiptive writing througout all other genres of writing, including narrative, expository, persuasive, and poetry. You will utilize descriptive techniques in creative compositions, persusive speeches, original poems, narrative essays throughout the year.

Narrative Narrative writing is story writing. Narratives include the development of plot, characters, setting, and theme. Narrative can be fiction or non-fiction. Narratives are written using first person point of view, third person limited point of view, third person omniscient point of view or a combination of perspectives. You will have the opportunity to write several creative narratives as well as non-fiction narratives throughout various units of study.

Expository Expository writing informs and explains a topic. Expository writing can be anything from a summary to a research paper. You will write several expository compositions throughout the year. Some will be explanatory responses in your journal, others will be summaries and interpretations of texts. The biggest challenge will be developing a literary analysis. You will explain and analyze elements of texts that we read. You will work to make your topics clear, your evidence detailed and your conclusions interesting.

Persuasive Persuasive writing argues a point by utilizing four persuasive appeals: rhetoric, logic, tradition, and personality. Through a combination of appeals, a persuasive writer seeks to convince the audience that his/her point is the most valid. You will write in the persuasive genre several times this year. The most formal persuasive composition will be the speech you write and deliver during the Council of the Gods. In this piece you will use the persuasive appeals to convice the council of Greek gods that you will be the best ruler of Mt. Olympus.