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Download full textAiraudi, 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
Peer reviewedBishop, Wendy – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Argues that writing parodies of poetry is a productive, nonthreatening introduction to the creative effort of poem making. Provides several suggestions that may help in the parody-writing process. (RS)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Parody, Poetry, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedClark, John R.; Motto, Anna Lydia – Exercise Exchange, 1986
Explains how the use of parody can improve students' writing and add more zest, zing, and vigor to their writing style. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Parody, Revision (Written Composition)
Zahlan, Anne Ricketson – 1987
Imitation of organizational and sentence patterns is an ancient technique for teaching rhetoric, but to be effective, imitation must be informed, deliberate, and creative. Students must first learn to recognize the characteristics of a given style and then to appreciate the connection between specific stylistic qualities and their cumulative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Imitation, Literary Devices, Literary Styles
Hurley, John – 1999
This paper discusses parody as an effective pedagogical device and as a way of teaching recognition of, and appreciation for, form. If the subject parodied is in poetic form, then rhyme and rhythm become factors for the parodist to consider. If the subject parodied is in prose, then the parodist must address the techniques of narrative,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Parody, Poetry
Huitt, William G., Ed. – 1991
Covering a wide variety of issues of concern to educators, the papers compiled in this proceedings report present graduate student research on writing instruction, mathematics instruction, cooperative learning groups, a follow-up program to Project Head Start, relationships between language and music, and the self-concept of gifted children. The…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSewell, Ernestine P., Ed. – English in Texas, 1981
The articles in this journal issue reflect the theme of "passages." Five articles contain teachers' reflections and descriptions of the following forms of passage: (1) passing from the classroom to motherhood and back again; (2) passing from academe to the world of work--the retraining of literature professors; (3) ways in which students gain…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Experiential Learning
