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Rebecca D. Ottman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
"Theorizing Eloquence as a Means-Driven Process of Recursive Invention" examines the rhetorical nature of eloquence and the value of reimagining the term in rhetorical theory. Historically, eloquence has been used as a mechanism of gatekeeping in the academy that prevents underrepresented individuals and perspectives to enter. I argue…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Skills, Expressive Language, Language Fluency
Capps, Douglas; Mendoza, Kenneth – Writing Instructor, 1990
Argues that the metaphor of writing as cognitive mapping can serve not as a basis for a new model or theory of writing, but as an attitudinal guide for concerns with writing and instruction. Notes that the term "cognitive mapping" suggests that the mental world can be seen metaphorically as a physical world. (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Higher Education, Learning Modalities, Metaphors