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Robertson, Jean E. – Instructor, 1973
Figurative Language can be a more effective way for authors to say what they mean, but young readers need help from teachers to ensure their understanding of these figures of speech. (Author)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Directed Reading Activity, Figurative Language, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedArrive, Michel – Languages, 1973
Isotopy'' is constituted by a redundance of linguistic units, which may or may not be manifest, on the level of expression or the level of content. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Figurative Language, Language Usage, Literature
Curutchet, Juan Carlos – Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, 1972
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Figurative Language, Hispanic American Literature
Peer reviewedSucre, Guillermo – Revista Iberoamericana, 1971
Special issue on contemporary Spanish American literature. (DS)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Impressionistic Criticism, Literary Perspective, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedOrtega, Julio – Revista Iberoamericana, 1971
Special issue on contemporary Spanish American literature. (DS)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Figurative Language, Literary Perspective, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedMontes Huidobro, Matias – Revista de Occidente, 1971
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Figurative Language, Literary Styles
Rutten, Pierre Van – Francais dans le Monde, 1971
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Figurative Language, French, French Literature
Bruns, Gerald L. – Coll Engl, 1970
Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) in Denver, Colorado, December 26-30, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: English, Figurative Language, Formal Criticism, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P. – Child Development, 1982
Examines whether young children and adults are able to interpret sarcastic utterances and whether placements of contextual information before or after the utterance differentially affect interpretation. Results obtained from first and third graders and from college students indicated that different placements of contextual information do affect…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Communication Skills
Howarth, William D. – Francais dans le Monde, 1980
Discusses the problem of the British student of French confronted with French humor in classic and modern French literature. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English, Figurative Language, French
Peer reviewedVogt, Leonard – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Suggests a series of exercises designed to help students see the value of concrete writing, to help give new life to metaphors, and to encourage concrete evaluations of abstractions. (TJ)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Imagery, Secondary Education
Danish, Barbara – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1979
Shows how digging for details adds richness and new meanings to cliches. Provides student poems resulting from exercises with trite materials. (RL)
Descriptors: Cliches, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Rodari, Gianni – Teachers & Writers, 1996
Presents 10 short excerpts (translated from Italian) from Gianni Rodari's book "The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories." Addresses creative invention, the motif of the fantastic, word choice, recasting fairy tales, and comic effects. (PA)
Descriptors: Authors, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
DePoy, Phillip – Teachers & Writers, 1997
Presents a three-part exercise that deals with poetic excess: heightened exaggeration of deliberately conflicting ideas. States that part 1 deals with hyperbole, part 2 with paradox, and part 3 with combining hyperbole and paradox in a single poem. Gives examples of students' poems using the technique. (PA)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Paradox, Poetry
Peer reviewedNippold, Marilyn A.; And Others – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
A proverb explanation task consisting of 24 low-familiarity expressions was administered to 353 individuals (ages 13-79) to examine how patterns of language growth in adults compared to those observed in adolescents. Results indicate performance improved markedly during adolescence and into early adulthood, and then began to decline during the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Figurative Language
