Margaret W. Batschelet

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The University of Texas at San Antonio
Affiliations: The University of Texas at San Antonio (1)

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  1. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1988
    Plain Style and Scientific Style: The Influence of the Puritan Plain Style Sermon on Early American Science Writers ↗
    Margaret W. Batschelet
    Abstract

    Early American science writers used the Puritan plain style sermon as a readily available prose model. From the sermon they derived an organization divided into doctrine and uses, a format using sectional divisions and heads, the use of simple language, and a concern for the needs of their audiences. Essays on comets by two early American scientists, Samuel Danforth and John Winthrop, illustrate the sermon's influence. The doctrine and uses organization employed in these essays may be seen as analogous, in some senses, to the Results and Discussion organization of the modern research report.

    voice and style
    📍 The University of Texas at San Antonio
    doi:10.2190/x7ln-6ukb-53c7-144f