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Subject:FW: Exercises for Students From:"Delaney, Misti" <ncr02!ncr02!mdelaney -at- UCS01 -dot- ATTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 8 Sep 1995 16:29:00 -0500
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From: Price, Becca
To: Delaney, Misti
Subject: RE: Exercises for Students
Date: Friday, September 08, 1995 3:29PM
my favorite exercise for tech. wr. is " write a manual for a pencil.
Include description and purpose statements, and a procedure for using,
deleting, and sharpening. "
it's a goody even for experienced writers - make you think.