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Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Shari E. – Exercise Exchange, 1987
Provides a step-by-step approach to teaching students the elements of poetry, such as similes, acrostics, metaphors, and odes. Copies of handouts are included. (HTH)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Metaphors
Peer reviewedBurns, Robert A. – Exercise Exchange, 1999
Discusses using comics in high school and college writing and English classes to teach figurative language and other literary terms and techniques such as style and descriptive writing. Describes several activities and notes benefits of using comics in this way. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comics (Publications), Descriptive Writing, English Instruction
