有时候这些单词的区别要看他的英文意思才能更好的理解,以下解释仅做参考:article=a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine 文章;论文 composition=1,a piece of music of poetry that you have written作品(谱写的乐曲或创作的诗歌)2=a short piece of writing done as an education exercise写作练习;作文 essay=a short pece of writing on a particalar subject,written especially as part of a course of study 论说文;散文;随笔writings=all the books and other things that someone has written著作theme=an idea which is repeated a number of times in a work of art or literature(艺术或文学作品的)主题美国人也用paper来说论文,像我们毕业是的毕业论文,我们都说是paper