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PDF pending restorationEckhardt, Caroline D.; Stewart, David H. – 1979
Teaching writing on the basis of purposes has certain advantages over teaching on the basis of techniques. The primary advantage is the greater resemblance to "real writing." Most student writing is apprentice work, as students themselves know, but it is far easier to point to nonacademic analogues of the categories of purpose (definition,…
Descriptors: Classification, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Palumbo, Roberta M. – 1977
An advanced writing course that does not repeat freshman English materials and techniques can encourage a variety of students to become enthusiastic about writing. One such course focuses on three writing modes: the poetic, the informative, and the persuasive. For the poetic mode, students write informal essays; for the informative mode, they…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Students, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction
Koenig, Peter William – 1977
This paper demonstrates the compatability of Aristotle's Four Causes (material, formal, efficient, and final) and George Campbell's Four Forms of Discourse (description, narration, exposition, and argumentation) and synthesizes them to form an ordered yet flexible writing model that can be used in composition instruction. Within the context of…
Descriptors: Aristotelian Criticism, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing
