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| Wray, Denise | 1 |
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Peer reviewedManning, Annette L.; Wray, Denise – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
Specific guidelines are offered for implementing figurative language activities into a language intervention program. The guidelines emphasize prerequisite skills, goal sequencing, facilitation of comprehension, and aids to interpretation. A table describes figurative language forms and their use in children of varying developmental ages. (JDD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language


