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Sources of Difficulty in the Yound Child's Understanding of Metaphorical Language Three experiments examined children's understanding of metaphorical language.In these experiments, preschool, first grade, and third grade children heard short stories ending with a metaphorical sentence describing an action.They were then asked to act out the stories and the metaphorical sentences using toys in a specially constructed "toy world."Metaphor comprehension was
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