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Download full textCrowhurst, Marion – 1983
To explore student facility with argumentative writing, 40 persuasive essays of 5th, 7th, and 11th grade students were analyzed for their relative percentage of reporting (narrating), interpreting, generalizing, and speculative sentences. Fifth and seventh graders were found to use significantly more narrative and fewer generalizations than older…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Discourse Modes, Elementary Secondary Education
Tate, Gary, Ed. – 1987
Intended for teachers of composition courses, this book provides twelve bibliographic essays covering various aspects of composition studies. The list of essays are as follows: (1) "Recent Developments in Rhetorical Invention" (Richard Young); (2) "Structure and Form in Non-Narrative Prose" (Richard L. Larson); (3)…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Content Area Writing, Discourse Modes, Linguistics
