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Hyperbole, Metaphor and Simile, Words Not to Be Taken Too Literally: Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral.

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Layton, James R. – Language Arts, 1979

Suggests approaches to the teaching of figures of speech. (DD)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Language Arts

The Inferences We Make: Children and Literature.

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Petrosky, Anthony R. – Language Arts, 1980

Discusses classroom literary practices related to teacher questioning, retelling, literalism, and figurative language for children in the concrete operational stage; concludes that recent research on response to literature may say as much about what children are taught to do as what they do developmentally. Offers suggestions about teaching…

Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Practices, Educational Research