Suggests that the student will write with fewer inhibitions when invited "to listen to his own speaking voice in order "to capture its essence in his written compositions. (Author/RD)

This article provides a basis for translating a dissertation into an article that maintains the general form of the dissertation but economically conveys the ideas, the process and the results of the dissertation. Suggestions as to what to include, length of each section and exhibitions of each section are given. (Author/CG)

Argues that assignments to write about literature can help teach rhetoric" only if administered with emphasis on the special rhetorical problems they pose." (Author/RD)

Explains the process by which the a uthor became a writer of children's books based on the black experience. (SW)

Through its innovative ideas, the Teachers and Writers Collaborative is considered to have contributed to the teaching of writing skills. (DM)

An analysis of the signification of rhetoric" in De Quincey's 1828 essay, Rhetoric" or Elements of Rhetoric"; a revision of a paper presented at the Rhetoric and Public Address debut program of the Speech Association of America (New York, December 1969). (Editor/RD)

Features of the writing tests reported on here were: the presentation of instructions by means of tapes and written guidelines, and emphasis on factual rather than imaginative subjective matter, and a standardized system of grading. (FWB)

Discusses the "dehydrated manner of producing writing which is fostered by English teachers' evaluation standards; prompted by an examination of a research report, "The Analysis of Essays by Computer (University of Connecticut, Storrs). (Author/SW)