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ERIC Number: EJ381707
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Original "Fatal Attraction": Metaphorical Thinking and "Medea."
Carpenter, Donna
English Journal, v77 n8 p42-44 Dec 1988
Stresses that metaphorical thinking encourages students to see relationships and requires them to use higher level critical thinking, particularly analysis and synthesis. Describes strategies to get students to think metaphorically in order to understand the elements of Greek tragedy. (MS)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Greek Literature, Metaphors, Secondary Education, Synthesis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literature Instruction; Medea; Metaphorical Thought