Rhetoric Review Apr 2005

The Rhetoric of the End Comment

Thomas A. Batt

Abstract

In recent years a number of studies have limned the generic features of the instructor end comment on student texts. This study complements these large-scale analyses by examining from a rhetorical perspective two end comments, written by a first-year composition instructor, and by evaluating how the comments reflect and resist elements of two schemes that classify teacher response.

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Rhetoric Review
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2005-04-01
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10.1207/s15327981rr2402_5
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