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  2. Prewriting - Wikipedia

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    Writers usually begin with a clear idea of audience, content and the importance of their communication; sometimes, one of these needs to be clarified for the best communication. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Student writers find motivation especially difficult because they are writing for a teacher or for a grade, instead of a real audience. [ 7 ]

  3. The Elements of Style - Wikipedia

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    The Elements of Style (also called Strunk & White) is a style guide for formal grammar used in American English writing. The first publishing was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused," and a ...

  4. Writing education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Research conducted in the late 1970's by Donald Graves, Janet Emig, and others led to a focus on the process, rather than solely the product, of writing. [12] The writing process approach rests on the premise that writing is a complex and individualized task which can be described through a series of recursive stages. [13]

  5. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace - Wikipedia

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    The book, first published in 1981, is based on a course, "The Little Red Schoolhouse," that Williams taught for many years at the University of Chicago.The book has since gone through numerous editions and has become a popular text for writing classes.

  6. Writing across the curriculum - Wikipedia

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    Writing across the curriculum (WAC) is a movement within contemporary composition studies that concerns itself with writing in classes beyond composition, literature, and other English courses. According to a comprehensive survey performed in 2006–2007, approximately half of American institutes of higher learning have something that can be ...

  7. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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    Reading comprehension and vocabulary are inextricably linked together. The ability to decode or identify and pronounce words is self-evidently important, but knowing what the words mean has a major and direct effect on knowing what any specific passage means while skimming a reading material.

  8. Theories of rhetoric and composition pedagogy - Wikipedia

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    W.E. Coles Jr. suggests that teaching writing should be approached as teaching art, with the teacher serving as facilitator or guide for the student-writer's free expression; he also calls for classroom practices such as peer-reviews, class discussions, and the absence of grades, in order to best guide the self-identification he sees as crucial ...

  9. First-year composition - Wikipedia

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    First-year composition (sometimes known as first-year writing, freshman composition or freshman writing) is an introductory core curriculum writing course in US colleges and universities. This course focuses on improving students' abilities to write in a university setting and introduces students to writing practices in the disciplines and ...