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Smith, Marion K. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1979
Presents a way of teaching process explanation in a technical writing course. Urges that the assignment ask students to explain a process they have learned from experience or from observation. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Technical Writing
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
This language unit for grade 10 builds on a definition of the expository use of language developed in the two previous 10th-grade units. In a brief overview of report language, the referential language of Thomas Huxley is compared with the expressive language of Edgar Allan Poe. The writings of S. I. Hayakawa, Hans Guth, and others are examined…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing
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Download full textPike, Kenneth L. – Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1964
A number of the axioms of tagmemics are explored in order to develop exercises based on these axioms about language structure but specifically designed to develop writing competence. Exercises for unit definition through contrast with other units; range of variability; and distribution in class, sequence, and system receive particular attention.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communication (Thought Transfer), Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum
