An investigation of the effects of metaphor on seventh-grade students’ comprehension of expository text
This study investigated the effects of metaphor on children's comprehension of expository text. Forty-six seventh-grade students read either the metaphorical or the literal versions of two texts each containing eight targets, that is, metaphors or their equivalent literal phrases. One text, &qu...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25471 |