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ERIC Number: EJ415908
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0196-5042
Spontaneous Production of Figures in Writing of Students: Grades Four, Eight, Twelve and Third Year in College.
Polanski, Virginia G.
Educational Research Quarterly, v13 n2 p47-55 1989
Similes and metaphors were extracted from over 2,000 papers by students in grades 4, 8, 12, and the third year of college to study the effects of age, grade, sex, mode, and writing competence on these figures of writing. Students worked with more abstract forms as they grew older. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Juniors, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8, Higher Education, Metaphors, Secondary School Students, Student Development, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Similes