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Publication Date: 2016
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Modes, Genres, and Formats, Oh My!
Culham, Ruth
Reading Teacher, v69 n5 p553-557 Mar-Apr 2016
The precision of terminology and language used with students can be a help or a hindrance to teaching writing. This article explores the writing instruction terms mode, genre, and format, and establishes the need for a common language to understand and apply them consistently across teachers and grades.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Literary Genres, Literary Devices, Academic Standards, Standard Setting, Vocabulary, Language Usage, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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