Rhetorics of Critical Writing: Implications for Graduate Writing Instruction

A project concerns the function of writing - what it accomplishes- and while academic writers must develop the critical acumen to recognize the broad scope implied by a writer's project, we must also ground that recognition in more localized gestures, moving "from projects to phrasings, fr...

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Published inCollege Composition and Communication Vol. 60; no. 3; p. 597
Main Author Micciche, Laura R.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Urbana National Council of Teachers of English 01.02.2009
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Writing
Writing instruction
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Summary:A project concerns the function of writing - what it accomplishes- and while academic writers must develop the critical acumen to recognize the broad scope implied by a writer's project, we must also ground that recognition in more localized gestures, moving "from projects to phrasings, from talking about a text as a whole to noticing moments of particular interest in it," as Harris explains (19).
ISSN:0010-096X
1939-9006