The Role of Metaphor in Prose Comprehension. Technical Report No. 259 [electronic resource] / Ralph E. Reynolds and Others.

A study investigated whether metaphors help or hinder prose comprehension. The subjects, 71 college students, read eight short stories and rated their quality and the effectiveness of the writing. Approximately half of the subjects received stories that contained metaphors, while half received the s...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Reynolds, Ralph E.
Corporate Authors:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Subjects:	Cognitive Processes. Context Clues. Higher Education. Learning Theories. Memory. Metaphors. Reading Comprehension. Reading Research. Recall (Psychology)