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The Development Of A Written Language Curriculum Utilizing A Writing Process Approach For Fourth Grade Students, Diane Szydelko
The Development Of A Written Language Curriculum Utilizing A Writing Process Approach For Fourth Grade Students, Diane Szydelko
Theses Digitization Project
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"Words Moving Secretly Toward Some Goal Of Their Own": The Rhetorical Use Of The "As If" In The Fiction Of Flannery O’Connor, Kellie Renee Rayburn
"Words Moving Secretly Toward Some Goal Of Their Own": The Rhetorical Use Of The "As If" In The Fiction Of Flannery O’Connor, Kellie Renee Rayburn
Theses Digitization Project
In an effort to reach readers who do not share her strict Roman Catholic beliefs, Flannery O'Connor employs a number of persuasive devices. Prominent among those devices is her rhetorical use of the "as if" construction. As a theoretical joining of the "reality" of this world with the "unknown" of the supernatural, the "as if" introduces "mystery," a vital part of the reader's experience with any of O'Connor's fictional works. By closely examining O'Connor's various uses of the construction in her short stories, the "as if's" differing effects on the reader become apparent. These effects are further demonstrated by a …
Tutoring German Esl Students, Sabina Mussgnug
Tutoring German Esl Students, Sabina Mussgnug
Masters Theses
Tutors of American university writing centers can be invaluable advisors for German ESL students who come to study in the United States. The tutors can directly assist German students in coping with their particular academic and cultural difficulties.
German students must adapt to the American academic conventions to become successful students at their U.S. universities. The tutors can point out to them the features of the American academic standard and show them effective methods for learning and studying in the American environment.
The American academic standard includes the students' almost perfect reading comprehension. Students must be prepared for heavy reading …
Figures Of Speech And Political Manipulations: The Scapegoating Of The Monarch In Thomas Paines's Common Sense, Katherine Wesley Abu-Shabakeh
Figures Of Speech And Political Manipulations: The Scapegoating Of The Monarch In Thomas Paines's Common Sense, Katherine Wesley Abu-Shabakeh
Theses Digitization Project
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Modern Rhetoric/Ancient Realities, James Walsh Friedenbach
Modern Rhetoric/Ancient Realities, James Walsh Friedenbach
Theses Digitization Project
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The Importance Of The Affective Dimension In Composition, Diana Elva Acevedo
The Importance Of The Affective Dimension In Composition, Diana Elva Acevedo
Theses Digitization Project
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