Phillips, Alexander2013-12-032013-12-032011https://hdl.handle.net/1813/34570A winner of the Knight Award for Writing Exercises and Handouts, this work originates from German Studies 1130, Metropolis, Modernity, and Mass Culture. Aimed at helping students recognize and work with nuance and ambiguity, the goal of the handout, with its use of collaborative and in-class writing, is to equip students with new revision strategies. Students learn to recognize and avoid the characteristics of purple prose and hyperbole. 9 page pdfen-USlearning object