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Composition (Language arts)

Here are entered elementary and/or secondary level works on written composition. Advanced level works on the skillful or artistic organization of oral or written discourse, usually for exposition or persuasion, are entered under Rhetoric.

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• Composition (Language arts) -- Study and teaching

• Composition (Rhetoric)
• Writing (Composition)
• Written composition

• Invention in Rhetoric and Composition (2004), by Janice M. Lauer (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• America reads challenge : ready*set*read. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Education, [1997?]), by United States Department of Education, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Corporation for National Service (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illinois Standards Achievement Test sample writing materials, 1999. ([Springfield, Ill.] : Illinois State Board of Education, 1999), by Illinois State Board of Education (1973- ) (page images at HathiTrust)
• El reto : a leer América! a leer y escribir ya! : cómo divertirse leyendo y escribiendo, by sponsoring body United States. Department of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lecciones de literatura (Jalapa-Enriquez, Imprenta del Gobierno del estado, 1904-), by Rafael Delgado (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• America reads challenge : ready*set*read : for families. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Education, [1997]), by Corporation for National Service (U.S.), United States Department of Health and Human Services, and United States Department of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• What's wrong with writing and what can we do right now? ([Washington, D.C.? : Produced by Office of Research, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Dept. of Education, 1993]), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Office of Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Success of children at risk in a program that combines writing and reading / (Champaign, Ill. : Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1988]), by Gay Su Pinnell, United States. Dept. of Education, Berkeley University of California, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• Acquisition of expository writing skills / (Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1988]), by Taffy Raphael, Becky Wendling Kirschner, Carol Sue Englert, United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• A first manual of composition desgned for use in the highest grammar grade and the lower high school grades, (New York, The Macmillan co., 1900), by Edwin Herbert Lewis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Read*write*now! (Washington, D.C. (600 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington 20202-0100) : U.S. Dept. of Education, [1996?]), by United States Department of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis and synthesis of the sentence. ([New Haven? : s.n., 18--?]), by William Augustus Larned (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Wyoming / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Kentucky / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Utah / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Connecticut / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Montana / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for North Carolina / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Florida / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for New Mexico / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Oklahoma / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Maine / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Wisconsin / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Georgia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Colorado / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Arkansas / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Virginia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Arizona / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for New York / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Virgin Islands / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for California / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Delaware / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing state report for Rhode Island / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for West Virginia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Louisiana / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Texas / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Maryland / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Tennessee / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Hawaii / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Department of Defense dependents schools / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for South Carolina / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Mississippi / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• The purple book; a working manual in English, for practical compostion in secondary schools, / (Peoria, Ill., : The Purple book company, 1903), by George Fred Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Washington / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for District of Columbia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• America reads challenge : read*write*now : activities for reading and writing fun. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Education, [1997]), by United States Department of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Alabama / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Oregon / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Nebraska / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)

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