The Retention of Connected Discourse: A Review

studies of the retention of verbal information consisting of at least two related sentences, or with what is commonly called connected discourse. Both prose and oral discourse are included in this category although most of the research has utilized written rather than oral presentation. A very large body of literature has been amassed on the retention of sentences, words, and nonsense syllables, but comparatively few studies have addressed themselves to the study of connected discourse. Many theorists presume that theories established with simpler types of verbal information will also hold for connected discourse. Others feel