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Peer reviewedZhang, John Z. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1990
Studies the speech act strategies of indirectness in professional letter writing through an analysis of statements which were evaluated by college seniors. Discusses indirectness strategies from the perspectives of (1) value index; (2) writer/addressee orientation; (3) linguistic characterization; and (4) location within sentences. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Persuasive Discourse
Download full textSmith, Michael W. – 1991
To understand literature, it is necessary for a reader to make connections between the text of the literary work and the text of the reader's life. Student autobiographical writing before reading can be used to enhance students' ability to make such connections. Autobiographical writing helps students apply relevant life experience that might not…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
