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Peer reviewedDavis, Anne S.; Witte, Stephen P. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1980
An analysis of descriptive and narrative passages written by 45 first-semester college freshmen early in the semester suggests that mean T-unit length is not a stable individual trait either within the descriptive mode or across description and narration. (GT)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis
