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Fleckner, John A. – Journal of Archival Organization, 2004
New information and communications technologies have transformed the archival enterprise in less than a quarter century. They have changed the way we work and, more importantly, our relationship with the wider society. Access to archives has increased immeasurably and spurred demand for use of archives. At the same time, in a painful irony, public…
Descriptors: Archives, Information Management, Technological Advancement, Time Perspective
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Braley, Susan – E-Learning, 2005
The study "New Media in the Humanities: from metaphors of inevitability to metaphors of possibility," argues that using digital technologies in humanities classrooms (at the post-secondary level) is transformative for both students and professors. It begins by identifying and then allaying the fears that scholars in the humanities…
Descriptors: Internet, Humanities, Educational Technology, Figurative Language
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Chiara Levorato, Maria; Nesi, Barbara; Cacciari, Cristina – Brain and Language, 2004
The aim of the present study was to investigate idiom comprehension in school-age Italian children with different reading comprehension skills. According to our hypothesis, the level of a child's text comprehension skills should predict his/her ability to understand idiomatic meanings. Idiom comprehension in fact requires children to go beyond a…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 4, Language Patterns, Figurative Language
Blount, R. Howard, Jr. – 1997
Intended for teachers of grades 4-8, this book provides tools and resources to help students fall in love with literature. The book contains reproducible glossaries containing over 200 literary, genre, book content, and book construction terms, along with removable flashcards, to make reviewing language arts essentials easy, enjoyable, and fun.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Educational Games, Fiction
Dykstra, Jeanne; Dykstra, Frank E. – 1997
Synectics is the use of thinking in metaphors, or figurative language in general, to see the familiar in unfamiliar ways or the unfamiliar in familiar ways. W.J.J. Gordon and his Cambridge Synectics Group isolated ways to think metaphorically by using artistic problem-solving mechanisms most people possess in their experiential background. This…
Descriptors: Analogy, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Young, Robert W. – 1997
Lexical derivation in the Navajo verb system is described, with examples. Derivation involves four broad processes: (1) straightforward use of verbal roots and adverbial-derivational prefixes, with their base meanings; (2) extension of base root meaning, often by metaphor, to permit application to disparate concepts; (3) figurative use of…
Descriptors: Affixes, American Indian Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Figurative Language
Geiger, William A., Jr. – 1983
Three universes of discourse are at work when writers create or use a metaphor: the analogical or metaphorical universe from which they borrow words, things, and relationships (sometimes called the "vehicle"); the contextual universe in which the analogy is being used (sometimes called the "topic"); and the metauniverse, or the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Educational Theories
Markus, Sharyn – 1981
Designed with junior high school students in mind, the activities in this booklet are offered as ways to stimulate interest in writing using as little as ten minutes of class time. The activities are arranged in six sections: (1) developing observation skills and paying attention to details; (2) word play, descriptive words, and word collections…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Convergent Thinking, Creative Writing
Kemper, Susan – 1978
The experiments described in this paper compare inference-based and expectancy-based models of the comprehension of indirect, non-literal expressions. The inference-based model claims that the comprehension of non-literal meanings requires more and deeper processing than the comprehension of literal meanings. The expectancy-based model rests on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Context Clues, Figurative Language
Self, Judith S. – 1979
There are a number of reasons for using creative writing in elementary and secondary English curricula. When students practice using figurative and literal language, they improve their speaking abilities, and their language becomes more concrete, more explicit, more descriptive, and more interesting. Writing poems and short stories forces students…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Figurative Language
KITZHABER, ALBERT R.
THROUGH A CLOSE LOOK AT 18 SELECTED LYRIC POEMS, THIS TWO-PART NINTH-GRADE UNIT DISTINGUISHES THE LYRIC FROM OTHER KINDS OF POETRY. PART 1 DEALS WITH THE TECHNICAL DEVICES OF POETIC LANGUAGE, THE POET'S PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON HIS EXPERIENCES, AND THE DIFFERENT TONES, ATTITUDES, AND SUBJECTS SEEN IN THE POEMS OF DICKINSON, FROST, KEATS, HOUSMAN,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Curriculum Development Center. – 1966
MATERIALS FOR THE NEBRASKA ELEMENTARY ENGLISH CURRICULUM INCLUDE AN ANCILLARY POETRY MANUAL FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO INCREASING THE CHILD'S PLEASURE IN POETRY, BROADENING HIS KNOWLEDGE OF POETRY, AND HELPING HIM TO EXPRESS HIMSELF MORE CREATIVELY. CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED FIRST TO ENJOY THE READING OF POEMS AND THEN TO…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Brashers, H. C. – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1968
As the inexperienced writer becomes aware of the issues involved in the composition of effective descriptive prose, he also develops a consistent control over his materials. The persona he chooses, if coherently thought out, can function as an index of many choices, helping him to manipulate the tone, intent, and mood of this style; to regulate…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language
Ewton, Ralph W., Jr., Ed.; Ornstein, Jacob, Ed. – 1970
The eleven essays in the present volume are by faculty members at the University of Texas at El Paso and deal generally with issues peculiar to the American Southwest. It is hoped, however, that the collection contains "enough that is of universal interest to avoid the taint of parochialism." Essays discuss (1) problems involved in teaching in…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Contrastive Linguistics
Brew, Trevor – Opinion, The Journal of the South Australian English Teachers' Assn., 1967
The teacher can sucessfully present Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" to 11th- and 12th-grade students by concentrating on "The Prologue" and one of the tales--e.g., "The Pardoner's Tale." The structure and plan of the entire work, however, should first be considered before its various parts can be fully understood.…
Descriptors: Characterization, English Instruction, English Literature, Figurative Language
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