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Airaudi, Jesse T. – 1980
Student writers should be encouraged to move beyond a "jargon" or "public discourse" model of writing. This can be accomplished by capitalizing on the students' knack for imitation by turning it into public parody. After being divided into small panels of three, four, or five members, students are assigned a voice and topic and asked to develop a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Styles, Parody, Teaching Methods