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Peer reviewedBosmajian, Haig – Journal of Law and Education, 1986
Reviews use of "figurative" language by Supreme Court justices in court decisions relating to First Amendment rights of students and teachers. Outlines how use of metaphor, metonomy, and other tropes has led to expressions in judicial opinions that have been used repeatedly in constitutional defenses. Discusses dangers and strengths of…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language
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
Collom, Jack – 1985
Beyond providing insights into evoking, evaluating, and encouraging children's poetry, this book may give other poets and writers insights for their own writing. The 17 chapters discuss the following topics: (1) teaching poetry in the schools; (2) relating personal memories in poetry; (3) writing poems about animals; (4) using the chant; (5)…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language, Imagery
Download full textSilberstein, Lisa R.; And Others – 1980
A multiple choice Metaphor Preferences Test was administered to 138 preschool through college subjects to determine the role of a metaphor's ground in determining a metaphor's appeal, and to document the evolution of preferences for different types of grounds. Ground is the common property that links the two terms of a metaphor (topic and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Association (Psychology), Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education
Dykstra, Jeanne; Dykstra, Frank E. – 1997
Synectics is the use of thinking in metaphors, or figurative language in general, to see the familiar in unfamiliar ways or the unfamiliar in familiar ways. W.J.J. Gordon and his Cambridge Synectics Group isolated ways to think metaphorically by using artistic problem-solving mechanisms most people possess in their experiential background. This…
Descriptors: Analogy, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
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
