Formulaic Writing: Catalyst for Student Composition and Language Study.

Phillips, D.

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ERIC Number: EJ272515

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Publication Date: 1982-Oct

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Formulaic Writing: Catalyst for Student Composition and Language Study.

Phillips, D.

English Quarterly, v15 n3 p18-20 Oct 1982

Suggests that using a formula approach to constructing topic sentences can serve to motivate student writing and to inform students about the methods used to produce mass circulation fiction and tabloid writing. (AEA)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Motivation Techniques, Prewriting, Sentences, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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