Through a series of three studies, the facilitative effect of metaphors on children's recall of expository passages was evaluated. Data supports the view that metaphors can serve the function of bridging new and old information in unfamiliar textual settings. (HOD)

Writing samples for a pre-med biology class by ESL and native-speaking students are analyzed to investigate the nature of rhetorical connectedness and where the quality actually resides. It is argued that a text grammar should show such connections as predications of a special type. (Author/AMH)

Guidelines and advice are given on writing for scholarly journals, including planning article content and format, writing, editing, selecting a journal, submitting the manuscript, and corresponding with the publisher. (SJL)

Suggests ways to help students revise their written compositions by teaching them to "see" their work again. (DF)

Describes the steps in writing a textbook and this task's associated problems and rewards. (WB)

Included among the 10 commandments for good writing are: (1) Write with verbs and nouns; (2) Write for yourself and other people; (3) Do not write in jargon; (4) Read aloud your writing; (5) Do not write cluttered sentences; and (6) Use concrete words and phrases. (JN)

Outlines procedures, goals, and teacher preparation for New York University's expository writing program. Notes that the program's distinguishing features are that all freshmen are grouped according to their abilities for two semesters of composition instruction and that all undergraduates take a junior-year writing proficiency test. (RL)

Provides a detailed course description for English 812, one of the nine rhetoric and advanced writing courses offered in the Graduate College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University. Offers also a critical statement about teaching the course. (PA)

Notes that, although many composition teachers talk about the need to find "organic" forms in composing, students are often content to organize their writing in formulaic ways. Discusses the difficulties in teaching form arising from students focusing on a particular form's requirements instead of its functions. Discusses using the counterpoint…

Examines the application of reading process and writing process research in content area instruction. Provides a chart of characteristics and purposes for various writing formats, including outlining, notetaking, captions, news reports, scripts, and books of facts. (MM)

Compares undergraduates' preference for and performance with traditional and narrative text. Explores whether traditional expository text could be translated into the narrative mode without loss in student learning. Conducts a statistical analysis of students scores on quizzes, examinations, and a questionnaire. Finds that the narrative is more…

Investigates the preferred patterns for the "organization of experience" among African-American adolescents. Finds that these adolescents report a strong preference for using vernacular-based patterns in academic writing tasks as they get older. Suggests that the organization of expository discourse is affected by cultural preference and…

Discusses writing as a social activity and how collaborative writing enables risk taking and promotes a change in writing attitudes. Provides examples of collaborative writing in the following areas of expository text structure: enumeration, sequence, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect. (MG)

Describes how a writing teacher has his students write about one object in the four modes (description, narration, argumentation, and exposition) as a means of learning about writing and writing to learn. Suggests that students learn about their topics when they write about them in the four modes. (SR)

Focuses on the current trend to critique the governing assumptions of research writing at the same time that a critical research practice is being developed. The article argues that the genres of academic writing are more integral to intellectual practices than traditionally assumed. (31 references) (Author/CK)