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Ives, Sumner – Coll Composition Commun, 1969
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, English
Peer reviewedCrew, Louie – College Composition and Communication, 1987
Compares the rhetorical strategies of 20 opening paragraphs from "Psychology Today" to those in 20 first paragraphs from student essays. Observes that professionals regularly begin exposition with narratives, indirection, and irony, while students begin with rhetorical questions, truisms, and muddled strategies. Concludes that students'…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing, Higher Education
