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DeLotto, Jeffrey – CEA Forum, 2011
I propose that we think about what a paragraph is by considering its "function," what it does in a piece of writing, whether in a popular novel, a newspaper article, an e-mail, a business report, or a lofty piece of literary criticism. We might think about a paragraph as a "rhetorical dwelling."
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Literary Criticism, Scholarship, Paragraph Composition
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Harris, Muriel – Writing Center Journal, 2010
In this article, the author offers cautionary advice to help avoid some tempting morasses to unwittingly fall into as well as some more solid ground to stroll along when composing institutional prose. Ultimately, drawing on concepts from the fields of business, linguistics, social psychology, and professional writing, the author wishes to…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Organizational Communication, Rhetoric
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Osborn, Michael – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1977
Develops, refines and qualifies a thesis relating to the symbolism of the sea and investigates the evolution and gradual emergence of two separate patterns for the sea symbol in poetry and public rhetoric. (MH)
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Poetry, Prose, Rhetoric
Brandt, William J. – 1970
This book has been written for those who would improve their reading of prose argumentation through practice in analyzing essays, speeches, and learned articles. Part I, "Structural Rhetoric," sets forth the structural relationship of the parts of an argument. Part II, "Textural Rhetoric," describes alterations in the interior organization of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Content Area Reading, Expository Writing, Figurative Language