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Slanging the Essay

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Have students review the section of the handbook on diction or tone. In groups, ask them to identify a key passage from the essay you’re currently discussing and revise it using more informal or slang diction. Use this to prompt a discussion of the ideas of the essay and the reasons for using one kind of diction over another.

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Barclay Barrios is an Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches freshman composition and graduate courses in composition methodology and theory, rhetorics of the world wide web, and composing digital identities. He was Director of Instructional Technology at Rutgers University and currently serves on the board of Pedagogy. Barrios is a frequent presenter at professional conferences, and the author of Emerging.