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ERIC Number: EJ445674
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
Participating in the Poetry Playground: Staging the Nonsense Wordplay in Children's Poetry.
Tallant, Carole; Trimble, Frank
Communication Education, v41 n3 p300-11 Jul 1992
Explores the challenges of performing children's nonsense poetry with, rather than to, an audience of children. Discusses different nonsense operations and offers a broad-based scheme for making performance decisions about what kind of nonverbal emphasis to use in performance. Includes examples with suggestions for performance. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Nonverbal Communication, Poetry, Theater Arts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nonsense Words