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Sherry Seale Swain; Richard L. Graves; David T. Morse – English Journal, 2015
Picture a group of classroom teachers gathered around a table late one afternoon discussing the results of the statewide writing assessment, the returned scored papers scattered across the table top. This article details research exploring which rhetorical elements are associated with statewide assessment scores and considers the role and…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Standardized Tests, Scores, Writing (Composition)
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Gorman, Rebecca; Eastman, Gloria Schultz – English Journal, 2010
English teachers have a unique opportunity to expand and develop the way their students think. Too often, students are comfortable in thinking about reading and writing processes in a concrete or linear way. They are used to "right" or "wrong" answers in their other studies and look for the same in their English assignments. While teachers often…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Writing Processes, Writing Exercises, Writing Skills