Article evaluated some of the metaphors President Ford has used in his speeches and suggested that if they were more practical he might have more success communicating his messages. (RK)

This paper described five metaphorical constructs which are frequently used, or can be used, in a problem-solving situation. These included metaphors of restoration and unification, creational, journey and nature metaphors. (Author/RK)

Explains Genette's concept of rhetoric as a treatise on figures and his argument that rhetoric has been restrained and gradually subsumed by the metaphor, the master trope. (SRT)

The author found through experimentation that a well-used metaphor can facilitate persuasion and attitude change. The author's hypothesis is that inclusion of similes will increase persuasiveness but that use of metaphors instead of similes would have a greater effect in attitude change. (MS)

Discusses the role of figurative language, particularly metaphor, in the literature on literacy. Examines a specific site of knowledge about literacy, the relationship between literacy and work as constructed in an Australian government report, "Words at Work: Literacy Needs in the Workplace." Concludes with implications of this kind of…

Eight context setting paragraph-length stories were used to measure third through sixth graders' figurative language comprehension. Significant differences were found in the overall performance of the two groups on both conditions at each grade level tested. Metacognitive factors appear implicated in learning-disabled children's understanding of…

Hearing impaired students practice recognizing metaphors in an activity that features 38 short stories accompanied by an illustration and a metaphorical interpretation found in one of four sample sentences. (CL)

Metaphors were embedded at Reaction or Outcome positions in a story grammar structural form. Recall of metaphors and literal statements with comparable meanings was equal among seven-, nine-, and 11-year-olds. Recall was better if statements were in the Outcome position, but metaphors were comprehended equally well in both positions and had no…

Although 12 preadolescents who had been diagnosed as language impaired during preschool performed as well as a control group on certain tests involving literal aspects of language and on a nonverbal intelligence test, they were deficient in understanding metaphoric sentences and in performing the cognitive task. (Author/CL)

A discussion of how a poem tells us through a more or less emotional reaction, something that cannot be said." (Author/RD)

A study of children's ability to translate figurative speech across four grade levels indicates that most third graders could correctly translate metaphors and dual function words but that proverbs were not generally understood until the seventh grade. (Editor)

Presents a syntax of metophor, discussing a typology of metaphor, the relationship between literal sense and figurative sense, and the importance of a precise definition of metaphor. (AM)