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The Search for Intelligible Structure in the Teaching of Composition
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1976
Contends that the structure of composition is based on the principles of discourse and the forms of discourse. (DD)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Rhetorical Criticism
A Generative Rhetoric of the Essay
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1974
A method for analyzing connected discourse beyond paragraph length is demonstrated. (JH)
Descriptors: Essays, Generative Grammar, Language Patterns, Rhetorical Criticism
The Art of Paraphrase.
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1979
Suggests the value to modern students of paraphrasing and describes exercises in paraphrasing. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Exercises
Advertising and the Modes of Discourse.
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Describes how the four traditional kinds of writing (description, narration, exposition, and argumentation) are used in advertising and suggests ways that advertising and the four modes may be used to teach composition. (DD)
Descriptors: Advertising, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Notes Toward a Semantic Theory of Rhetoric Within a Case Grammar Framework
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1976
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Educational Theories, Higher Education, Linguistic Theory
Some Uses of Proverbs
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1977
Presents definitions, sources, forms, early uses, and present uses of proverbs, emphasizing the rhetorical value of proverbs in presenting and preserving ethical values. (DD)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Figurative Language, Moral Values, Proverbs
Oscar Mayer Ads are Pure Baloney: The Graffitist as Critic of Advertising
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Writing parodies of advertising slogans can sensitize students to the emotional appeals of those slogans.
Descriptors: Advertising, Commercial Television, Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction
The Topic Sentence Revisited.
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D'Angelo, Frank J. – College Composition and Communication, 1986
Argues that the topic sentence can be a valuable rhetorical strategy. Examines the origin and development of the topic sentence concept, considers twentieth century criticisms of the topic sentence, and argues that readability research on the topic sentence and schema theory supports the value of using topic sentences in expository prose. (HTH)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Higher Education, Paragraphs, Reading Research