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Haworth, Lorna Helen – 1975
The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which practice in the use of figurative comparisons in the composing of poetry, in both oral and in written form, will increase the use of figurative comparisons in the writing of prose. The study tested oral composition of poetry vs. written composition of poetry, and intensive treatment in…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
Sweet, James A. – 1974
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the writing of elementary children, grades four through six, to determine the relationship between specified genre and the development and use of figurative language. Three teachers, one each in grades four, five, and six in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, Indiana, collected…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Prentice, Walter C. – 1974
The purpose of this project was to initiate a classroom journal-writing program that would provide children with an opportunity to express themselves freely, and that would offer useful information for improving relationships within the classroom. Both students and teacher kept daily journals for a year. Four simple rules governed the procedure,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction
