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From a Teacher's Notebook--12.
Davies, John – Use of English, 1982
Relates the experience of hearing what sounds can achieve to echo, enforce, and enrich meaning in the teaching of poetry. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Figurative Language, Imagery, Poetry
Did You Ever See a Poet? English through Poetry in the Lower Secondary School.
Wilson, Raymond – Use of English, 1982
Argues that the use of poetry forms in the teaching of poetry helps students express themselves, complete a set form according to principles, practice precision of thought and language, and appreciate the use of imagery. (HOD)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Imagery, Literary Devices, Metaphors
Exercise Leads Class to Employ Imagery.
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Good, Howard – Journalism Educator, 1986
Uses poetry and skeletal outlines of similes to stimulate students' use of imagery in their feature writing. (HTH)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Imagery, Journalism Education
A Teaching Guide to George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language."
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Vogt, 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
Learning to See.
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
Creating Poetry.
Drury, John – 1991
Encouraging exploration and practice, this book offers hundreds of exercises and numerous tips covering every step involved in creating poetry. Each chapter is a self-contained unit offering an overview of material in the chapter, a definition of terms, and poetry examples from well-known authors designed to supplement the numerous exercises.…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language, Imagery
A View from the Sea-cliff.
McKenzie, Hope Bussey – 1978
Intended for college teachers and students of Anglo-Saxon literature, this paper provides an overview of the sophisticated poetic devices used by the "Beowulf" poet. The paper examines how old English words for color range in hues in a way that modern English words do not, and how these words for color are used in "Beowulf."…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Figurative Language, Folk Culture, Imagery
Across a Gap in the Long Line.
McKenzie, Hope Bussey – 1986
Intended for college teachers and students of Anglo-Saxon literature, this paper provides an overview of the poetic devices available to poets of the fourteenth century. The paper examines how the "Pearl" poet made use of numerical symbolism and the principles of formal logic as structural devices, giving examples of these devices from…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Figurative Language, Folk Culture, Higher Education
The Role of Imagery in Learning. Occasional Paper #1.
Broudy, Harry S. – 1987
This monograph proposes a theoretical basis for advocating a program of disciplinary arts education as an integral part of general education from kindergarten through grade 12. The theme of the essay is the role that images play in everyday experience and the formation of the educated mind. Images are sensory patterns or patterns produced by the…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History