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Bloom, Lynn Z. – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1976
Describes three language-related assignments for advanced composition which focus on politics and the English language, symbols and dictionaries, and language as a combination of interpretive and manipulative devices using the techniques of new journalism. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Dictionaries, Higher Education, Language Usage
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The purpose of a semester course for journalism and creative writing students at Washington University was to help students, through reading and writing portraits in "new journalese," become capable critics of new journalistic writing. Students first were introduced to the techniques of new journalism in Tom Wolfe's book on new journalism and in…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing, Higher Education
