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The Shaping of Meaning: Options in Writing the Comparison.
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Spivey, Nancy Nelson – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Examines writers' options in organizing comparisons. Finds that chunking of content in a systematic way is a strong predictor of holistic quality ratings, and that higher rated papers tend to be written by students with higher verbal abilities and more extensive topic knowledge. Demonstrates the complexity of the choices writers must make in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Text Structure, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation
Retracing Rosenblatt: A Textual Archaeology.
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Dressman, Mark; Webster, Joan Parker – Research in the Teaching of English, 2001
Reads and highlights all text-level differences between the first (1938) and fifth (1995) editions of Louise Rosenblatt's "Literature as Exploration." Categorizes each type of revision and traces a sample of each to the edition in which the change was made. Concludes with a consideration of the implications of Rosenblatt's legacy for…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Editing, English Instruction
A Corpus-Based Investigation of the Language and Linguistic Patterns of One Genre and the Implications for Language Teaching.
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Henry, Alex; Roseberry, Robert L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1996
Reports on a study of genre and register that reaches the following conclusions concerning the teaching of language and literature: (1) teaching should concentrate on the move structure of genres and the concomitant move registers rather than the general register of a genre as a whole; and (2) the teaching of reading and writing should be…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Higher Education, Linguistics, Literary Genres