The annotated bibliography which constituted the bulk of this masters thesis focuses on material dealing with rhetorical invention and the act of creativity and should be useful to the teacher of composition. Articles and books from other disciplines, as well as those from the field of English, are included. Items are divided into four categories: general works on invention, taxonomic heuristics, discovery through persona, and ulti-observational approaches. Each of these categories is subdivided into sections on theory, practice, and research. A list of references cited and an index of authors are included. (JM)