Composition
The word composition has a Latin origin, meaning ‘put together.’ Writing classes are frequently called composition classes; making music is also called composition [Vocabulary.com].
In the literary, a composition is how a writer gets words and sentences together to make a logical and significant work. The composition means the process of writing and the piece of writing itself as well.
The four traditional types of composition [ThoughtCo]:
Description – a description, or descriptive writing, is a statement describing something or someone, listing characteristic features and meaningful details to give a reader a portrayal in words.
Narration (narrative writing) – a personal story the writer tells the reader. It can be a story of a series of facts or events provided to establish connections between the steps. It can also be dramatic. In that case, you may present every individual scene with actions and dialogue. The chronology must be in strict order; often, flashbacks are included.
Exposition (expository writing) – the act of explaining a person, place, thing, or event. Your aim is not just to describe something but to give it a reality.
Argumentation (argumentative writing) – basically an exercise in comparing and contrasting.
Composition is a term used in linguistics to refer to a hierarchical model of linguistic structure in which larger units are seen as being made up of smaller units [Crystal, p. 96].
Composition – in a literary sense, any work of writing or a term denoting the technical make-up of a piece of writing, particularly in terms of style and effect [Cuddon, p. 147].
⠀ What is composition? ThoughtCo. Retrieved from: [https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-composition-english-1689893]
⠀ Cuddon J.A. (2013). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
⠀ David Crystal. (2008). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6th Edition. New-Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.