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Direct linkLynch, Paul – College Composition and Communication, 2009
This essay offers Neil Postman's thermostatic metaphor as a model for critical teaching. In this model, the role of the composition teacher is that of a thermostat that responds to a changing ideological environment by offering counterbalance. Such a stance is an anti-stance since it requires the teachers to enact philosophies and pedagogies,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Teacher Role, Models
Peer reviewedPeterson, Linda – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Describes some of the strategies of repetition and metaphor used by Black American novelist Richard Wright, as a model that students can adopt in their own writing, both for generating ideas and for revising them. Appendixes include various drafts of an interview statement by Wright. (HTH)
Descriptors: Authors, Black Literature, Figurative Language, Language Styles
