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Composition Theory


Composition Theory Books

What Is “College-Level” Writing? Volume 2: Assignments, Readings, and Student Writing Samples
Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art
Post-Truth Rhetoric and Composition (Current Arguments in Composition)
Le petit livre des couleurs
Teoría Del Color
Color Theory (Watson-Guptill Artist's Library)
First-Year University Writing: A Corpus-Based Study with Implications for Pedagogy
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities
Developing Successful College Writing Programs (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)
Composition and Resistance
Unspoken: A Rhetoric of Silence
Very Like a Whale: The Assessment of Writing Programs
Rhetorical Refusals: Defying Audiences' Expectations
Techne, from Neoclassicism to Postmodernism: Understanding Writing as a Useful, Teachable Art (Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition)
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom
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