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Michelle Flory – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Expectations have been placed upon elementary teachers from the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts to guide students through close readings of informational and literary texts. This content analysis examined online close reading lesson plans to determine common objectives in elementary close reading lessons using literary text…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Elementary Schools, Reading Materials, Difficulty Level

Readence, John E.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1983
Discusses the critical role vocabulary knowledge plays in metaphorical processing and gives teaching suggestions on dealing with metaphors and similes. (FL)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Metaphors, Reading Instruction

Valeri, Maria; Smith, Edwin H. – Reading Horizons, 1983
Finds that the most common type of figurative language in fourth- and sixth-grade basal readers is personification. Overall, the most commonly used figures of speech are: personification; animal, sense, and inanimate metaphors; and hyperbole. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Figurative Language

Bromley, Karen D'Angelo – Reading Teacher, 1984
Looks at research and practice in the area of idioms and offers suggestions for teaching them effectively. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Idioms