More Than Two Sides to Every Coin: Using Melville's "Moby Dick" to Teach Objective and Subjective Description.

Drake, David B.

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ERIC Number: EJ513289

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Publication Date: 1995

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More Than Two Sides to Every Coin: Using Melville's "Moby Dick" to Teach Objective and Subjective Description.

Drake, David B.

Exercise Exchange, v41 n1 p10-11 Fall 1995

Explains a descriptive analysis exercise based on Chapter 99 of "Moby Dick." Notes that students are given a description of a coin, asked to draw the coin, and then freewrite about what they and their classmates have drawn. States that the exercise is intended to illustrate the relationship between objective and subjective description. (PA)

Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Literary Criticism, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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