Teaching English in the Two-Year College Mar 2011

Instructional Note: Rethinking Metaphor: Figurative Language and First-Year Composition

Wayne Moe Peter

Abstract

A brief review of composition theory shows metaphor is often underused and misrepresented in the composition classroom; in response, I suggest metaphor is foundationalto argumentation and provide a method to teach it as such.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2011-03-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc201113582
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Topics
first-year composition composition theory argument

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