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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ716832
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan-1
Pages: 38
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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From Sheryl Crow to Homer Simpson: Literature and Composition through Pop Culture
Evans, Jerome
English Journal, v93 n3 p32 Jan 2004
Students use analyzing themes in song lyrics, rhetorical devices in essays and advertisements, and psychology in contemporary film, to improve their skills in critical thinking and writing. Popular culture is deduced to have an important place in English curricula.
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Popular Culture, English Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Writing Skills
National Council of Teachers of English, 111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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