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What's So Funny about Stephen Toulmin?: Using Cartoons to Teach the Toulmin Analysis
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Brunk-Chavez, Beth L. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2004
The Toulmin model of argument was introduced in 1958 by British philosopher Stephen Toulmin in "The Uses of Argument" and adapted by compositionists in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Consisting of six parts--claim, support, warrant, backing, rebuttal, and qualifiers--the model provides a means for composition students "to describe the process by…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Teaching Methods, Models, Persuasive Discourse
Humorous Teaching Makes Serious Learning.
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Larson, Greg – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1982
Humor in the classroom can be effective in maintaining student attention, providing mnemonic examples, and aiding the relationship between teachers and students. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Higher Education
What Works for Me.
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Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1992
Offers five strategies from teachers regarding self-evaluation of student writing, teaching sentence construction, research paper notetaking, using humor in the writing classroom, and student use of transparencies. (PRA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Humor, Notetaking, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
To Workshop or Not to Workshop.
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Parker, John F. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1986
Uses the form of a Socratic dialogue to discuss the advantages of writers' workshops for students. Suggests classroom strategies and grading procedures. (EL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Humor, Learning Activities
Using Humorous Language to Teach Literary Principles.
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Nilsen, Don L. F. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Discusses diverse examples of literary devices by comparing metaphor and humor. Defines and illustrates paronomasia, paradox, oxymoron, anacoluthon, zeugma, parody, jargon, satire, conceit, anachronism, hyperbole, cacography, understatement, and doggerel. A humorous appendix contrasts errors with rhetorical devices. (NKA)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Humor