Composition and Writing Skills
What the domain tests
Composition asks you to produce connected Persian writing: a short essay, a letter, a dialogue, or a description based on a familiar topic. The exam rewards clear structure, relevant vocabulary, correct sentence order, and appropriate formal or informal register.
Core rules
- A Persian letter usually opens with a salutation such as برادر عزیزم (my dear brother) or دوستان گرامی (respected friends), then the body, then a closing such as با احترام (with respect) or به امید دیدار (hoping to see you).
- Organise paragraphs as: opening statement → two or three supporting details → conclusion.
- Use connectors: اول (first), سپس (then), همچنین (also), اما (but), بنابراین (therefore), در پایان (finally).
- Keep tense consistent unless the topic requires a shift.
- Use vocabulary you can spell correctly rather than ambitious words you cannot control.
Worked example
Task: Write a short letter to a friend inviting him to your school function. Model opening: دوست عزیزم، سلام. امیدوارم خوب باشی. در مدرسۀ ما جشن سالانه برگزار میشود. Reasoning: The salutation is informal because the reader is a friend; در مدرسۀ ما gives the place; جشن سالانه gives the event; برگزار میشود is the passive-like formula “is held”. A formal letter to a teacher would instead use محترم and a more respectful closing.
Traps that cost marks
- Mixing informal تو forms with formal شما forms in one letter.
- Omitting the salutation or closing.
- Writing English word order inside Persian sentences.
- Spelling errors in common words such as مدرسه, خانواده, دوستان.
- Adding irrelevant sentences that break the paragraph’s focus.