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Salvatore, Anne – 1991
Topic knowledge, discourse knowledge, and contextual awareness are now considered crucial for "good writing" by many writing researchers. It is time for writing instructors to stop conducting composition classes as though substantive knowledge is a far lesser issue than "rhetorical skill." Composition teachers can offer…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Learning Motivation
