Educators worry that high-stakes testing will induce teachers and their students to focus only on the test and ignore other, untested aspects of knowledge. Some counter that although this may be true, knowing something is better than knowing nothing and many students would benefit even by learning the material that is to be tested. Using the…

This lesson is an exploration of figurative language using the novel "The Phantom Tollbooth" and various Web resources. Students examine figurative language in the story and create a chart representing the literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases. During the four to eight 40-minute class sessions, middle school students will: read the…

All lessons in this unit of study are designed to introduce some of the basic elements of poetry (simile, metaphor, alliteration, sensory language, etc.) while exposing students to a realistic slice of Appalachian life. Appropriate grade levels and a time frame are suggested, and relevant Virginia Standards of Learning are outlined in the unit.…

This experiment tested whether children rely (relatively more than adults) on sensory imagery as the internal representation of sentences in memory. Age differences were found. (ST)

This study analysed the writing of elementary children, grades 2 through 6, to determine the presence, frequency of use, and development by grade level of specified literary devices. Conclusions indicate that elementary school children are capable of using all specified literary skills. (JA)

Revised version of a paper read at the Annual Workshop of the Cincinnati Association of Teachers of the Classics, University of Cincinnati, January 16, 1971. (RS)

Poets assisted in the teaching of poetry in elementary and high schools in New Jersey. Development of sense perceptions, emotional reactions, metaphor, rhythm and sound were emphasized. (AF)

Discusses Dylan Thomas' poetry as examples of an art form evolving from real, human experience to word pictures which communicate a message in the sense of a vision . . . YofI the meaning of existence." (Author/SW)

Studied increased self-reported daydreaming as measured by the daydreaming frequency scale of the Imaginal Processes Inventory, after treatments of being presented with either a positive or neutral talk about the value of daydreaming and training v no training in the use of imagery. (Author)

Matching contemporary rhetorical concepts with classical rhetorical figures of speech can help students improve their persuasive business communication skills. (RL)

Identifies four useful steps to the reading and understanding of metaphors in poetry. (HOD)