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Download full textAddison, James C., Jr. – 1984
In order to account for the ways in which combined and decombined sentences work, and to determine why some texts are perceived as being well-written and others are perceived as poor and ineffective, 11 texts were selected for distribution to students for ranking, all on the same topic--the Civil War. Overall, students ranked Bruce Catton's "Grant…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Lexicology
