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The present study aims at Finding out the impact of using Vee diagram technique on Iraqi EFL secondary school female students’ performance in composition writing. A null by prosthesis has been posed which states that there is no statistically significant difference in the mean score of experimental group which is taught composition writing by the Vee diagram, and that of the control group which is taught composition writing by the currently used technique. Two groups from 4th grade have been selected from Al-Masu’di secondary school for girls in Babylon. The two groups have been equalized in age, pretest, and students’ scores in the baccalaureate examination. The experimental group has been taught composition writing by the Vee diagram by following Gowin and Alvarez steps (2005) employed in teaching. Data of the posttest has been analyzed by using the t-test for two independent samples equation. Results show that the experimented group composition writing performance score has been better than that of control group. It is recommended to teach composition writing by employing the Vee diagram. (Published Abstract)