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ERIC Number: EJ367241
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A Cliche a Day Keeps the Gray Away.
Kari, Daven M.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v14 n4 p265-72 Dec 1987
Claims students' use of the cliche is unavoidable and relative to culture, place, and time, and that the cliche can, and often does, communicate efficiently. Suggests six techniques such as extending, inverting, punning, and combining, that combined with some imagination, can turn cliches into small teasures. (NH)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cliches, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Basic Writers; Writing Contexts; Writing Strategies; Writing Style