A nationwide tendency to reduce or eliminate compulsory freshman composition courses was found. (JH)

Discusses how students' strained metaphors and odd juxtapositions in writing literary analysis papers can reveal fresh perspectives on the literature being studied. (DD)

Discusses the contributions to the teaching of composition made by Fred Newton Scott, founder of the Department of Rhetoric at the University of Michigan in 1903. (DD)

Private conferences with students allow the composition teacher to give more feedback, increase teacher concentration and pace, demystify the evaluation process, and facilitate teacher/student interaction. (DD)

Examines motives that can serve as the framework for a creative composition course and suggests some specific creative writing procedures. (DD)

Describes a regimented competency-based program for teaching writing to underprepared students; a controlled system with short term goals and clear, objective standards. (DD)

Suggests grammatical problem solving, grammatical worksheets, and grammatical poetry as ways of helping students acquire grammatical fluency. (DD)

Describes the seminars held at Grinnell College to help faculty members in all departments deal successfully with students' writing. (DD)

Explores the process that led to the isolation of rhetoric and poetics in English Departments, an isolation resulting in the sanctification of poetics and a corresponding denigration of rhetoric. (EL)

Presents a discursive survey of bibliographic resources in historical rhetoric and current composition research with annotated bibliographies for the more important sources. (MM)

Presents an account of an instructor's experiences while teaching a composition course to U.S. Navy seamen. (TO)

The author argues that Black English should not be accepted as standard in the classroom. (MM)