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Peer reviewedMiller, Hildy – Exercise Exchange, 1987
Offers a sequence of assignments to help students understand that metaphors are not confined to literature texts and are not confined to single sentences. (HTH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Figurative Language, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedVogt, Leonard – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Suggests a series of exercises designed to help students see the value of concrete writing, to help give new life to metaphors, and to encourage concrete evaluations of abstractions. (TJ)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Imagery, Secondary Education
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
