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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1291391
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 26
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Expanding the Aims of Public Rhetoric and Writing Pedagogy: Writing Letters to Editors
Brian Gogan
College Composition and Communication, v65 n4 p534-559 Jun 2014
This article outlines a three-part pedagogy capable of responding to the risks, rewards, and headaches associated with public rhetoric and writing. To demonstrate the purchase of this pedagogy, I revisit one of the oldest and most misunderstood public rhetoric and writing assignments: the letter-to-the-editor assignment.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Rhetoric, Writing Assignments, Editing, Letters (Correspondence), Risk, Rewards, College Students, Teacher Attitudes, Persuasive Discourse, Newspapers, Universities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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