What did you say? What do you mean? : an illustrated guide to understanding metaphors

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Title:

Author:

Welton, Jude.

ISBN:

9781846424380

Personal Author:

Welton, Jude.

Edition:

1st American pbk. ed.

Publication Information:

London : Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 112 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Cover; What did you say? What do you mean?: An illustrated guide to understanding metaphors; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction for children; The illustrated metaphors; Appendix 1: A guide to helping children with Asperger Syndrome to understand what we mean; Appendix 2: Ideas for using this book.

Abstract:

Jude Welton looks at one hundred of the most common figures of speech in this visual workbook designed as a springboard for family and classroom discussions. Each figure of speech is accompanied by an illustration showing its literal meaning, which will help Asperger's syndrome children to recognize and learn to enjoy metaphors and figurative language. Teachers can also use this book as the bases for classroom work on figerative language.

Subject Term:

Autistic children -- Language.

Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Language.

Developmentally disabled children -- Language.

Language acquisition.

Metaphor.

Added Author:

Telford, Jane.

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Summary

Children with autism or Asperger Syndrome (AS) have difficulty understanding figurative language because they use and comprehend language literally and expect words to mean exactly what they say. This can often lead to misunderstandings at home and in the classroom.

Jude Welton looks at a hundred of the most common figures of speech in this visual workbook designed as a springboard for family and classroom discussions. Each figure of speech is accompanied by an illustration showing its literal meaning, which will help AS children recognize and learn to enjoy metaphors and figurative language. The book can be used by parents one-to-one with their ASD child. Teachers can also use the book as the basis for classroom work on figurative language.