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ERIC Number: EJ223477
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Jan
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Contemporary Theories of Invention in the Rhetorical Tradition.
Yarnoff, Charles
College English, v41 n5 p552-60 Jan 1980
Examines recent theories of invention and argues that they teach students to separate ideas from their social contexts, reinforcing students' sense of the writing course's triviality and encouraging them to resign themselves to their lot in society. (DD)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Higher Education, Rhetoric, Social Influences, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Invention (Rhetorical)