Composition and Letter or Application Writing
What this domain tests
Composition tests your ability to write a short, organised Persian essay, letter, or application. Marks depend on format, register, paragraph unity, grammar, and spelling, not on length alone.
Core rules
- A formal Persian letter or application normally includes place and date, addressee, salutation, a subject line where suitable, the body, a closing formula, and signature.
- Open with a formal phrase: «به عرض میرساند» ('it is submitted'), «خواهشمند است» ('you are requested'), «لطفاً» ('please'). Close with «با تشکر» or «با احترام».
- An essay needs an introduction, two or three developed points, and a conclusion. Keep one main idea per paragraph.
- Use formal verbs and full forms; avoid colloquial contractions and Hindi/Urdu word order carried over literally.
Worked example
Leave application: «به عرض میرساند این جانب، دانشآموز کلاس دهم، به علت کسالت نمیتوانم امروز در مدرسه حاضر شوم. خواهشمند است مرخصی یک روزه عنایت فرمایید.» Reasoning: the opening identifies the writer and the problem; نمیتوانم is the correct first-person present negative of توانستن; the request uses the honorific formula عنایت فرمایید. The closing should add «با تشکر» and the date and signature. The paragraph is short but complete: situation, reason, request.
Traps that cost marks
- Translating a Hindi or Urdu idiom literally instead of using a Persian formula.
- Omitting the addressee or the date in a formal application.
- Mixing informal speech with formal written register.
- Writing one long paragraph with no clear request or conclusion.
- Forgetting the honorific verb form in a request to a principal or official.