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ERIC Number: EJ317646
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Do Student-Produced Metaphors Persuade?
Polanski, Virginia G.
Educational Research Quarterly, v9 n2 p36-43 1984-85
Freshman composition students wrote five arguments according to specifications and created a metaphor to significantly support each argument. Fifty-four pairs of metaphor and no metaphor papers were rated. Results showed that student-produced metaphors did not increase argument persuasiveness, but quoted metaphors from published sources did. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Metaphors, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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