Download or read book Scales for Measuring Special Types of English Composition (Classic Reprint) written by Ervin Eugene Lewis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scales for Measuring Special Types of English Composition In making scales of the first type, no attention is given to the usual distinctions between different forms of written English, such as personal and business letters, narration, description, exposition, essays, etc. Rather the effort is made to measure composition quality regardless of the form. Such scales are based upon the assumption that all forms of written English possess, in a greater or less degree, composition quality. Hillegas, in describing his scale, says, The effort is made to include all forms except poetry. 3 Thorndike, in his extension of the Hillegas Scale, also used mixed types of composition. A brief description of the two scales is sufficient to indicate their nature and purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.