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Peer reviewedChambliss, Marilyn J.; Garner, Ruth – Written Communication, 1996
Examines persuasive text, first describing it and discussing it with reference to relevant philosophy and rhetoric, and then asking whether it is successful: do written texts change the minds of their readers? Notes that research on designing text to disabuse students of scientific misconceptions points to text features that authors could use to…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Misconceptions, Persuasive Discourse, Reader Response
