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Dilworth, Collett Broyles – 1974
This study is designed to investigate the relationship between the extent of visualization of poetically elicited mental images (V) and five other variables involved in response to poetry: extent of verbal interpretation of the meaning of poetry; extent of recall of poetry; accuracy of recall of poetry; extent of liking of poetry; and level of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Figurative Language
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
Folta, Bernarr Paul – 1979
A total of 272 children participated in a study of the effectiveness of three support systems for cuing sixth grade students in interpreting the metaphoric language of poetry. The first system involved regular classroom teachers who applied their own verbal cuing, the second included external instructional support through media and the teachers'…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Media, Elementary Education, Figurative Language
Brause, Rita Susan – 1975
The hypothesized relationship between an individual's age, educational background, and ability to understand aspects of semantic ambiguity was investigated in this study. The 90 subjects included ten students in each of grades two, four, six, eight, and ten, as well as ten college undergraduates, ten graduate students, ten high school graduates,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Ambiguity, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Rossi, Dominick Ferrantelli – 1975
This dissertation argues that the skill of using language to communicate should be based on the continuous development of the ability to use imagery, metaphor, and the inherently ambiguous nature of language. Since language is a symbolic restructuring of experience, any method designed to teach language arts must reflect the interplay between…
Descriptors: Child Language, Creative Expression, Creativity, Doctoral Dissertations
