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Metaphor, Creativity, and Technical Writing.
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Bump, Jerome – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Explores the use of metaphor and personification in the "classics" of scientific and technical writing, and the current resistance to creativity in scientific writing. Suggests familiarizing students with the role of metaphor in scientific creativity. (HTH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Styles, Language Usage, Literary Styles
Black Rhetorical Patterns and the Teaching of Composition
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Linn, Michael D. – College Composition and Communication, 1975
An approach to written composition built upon knowledge of the linguistic environments of inner-city blacks is described.
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Games, Group Activities
Repetition and Metaphor in the Early Stages of Composing.
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Peterson, Linda – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Describes some of the strategies of repetition and metaphor used by Black American novelist Richard Wright, as a model that students can adopt in their own writing, both for generating ideas and for revising them. Appendixes include various drafts of an interview statement by Wright. (HTH)
Descriptors: Authors, Black Literature, Figurative Language, Language Styles