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Peer reviewedDrake, David B. – Exercise Exchange, 1995
Explains a descriptive analysis exercise based on Chapter 99 of "Moby Dick." Notes that students are given a description of a coin, asked to draw the coin, and then freewrite about what they and their classmates have drawn. States that the exercise is intended to illustrate the relationship between objective and subjective description.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Surface, David – Teachers & Writers, 1998
Considers the short stories of William Carlos Williams as material for college courses. Describes an unsuccessful writing assignment based on Williams'"The Use of Force." Notes that the assignment was more successful at an adult-education arts center with a more mixed group of students. (PA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Authors, Creative Writing, Higher Education
