The major purpose of this investigation was to determine the trope density of basal readers at first, second and third grade levels. A secondary purpose was to identify the relative frequency of occurrence of selected types of tropes used in basal readers at the primary level. / The population was composed of the first, second and third grade level basal readers from the following reading programs: the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program (1981), the Reading 720: Rainbow Program (1980) and the Scott, Foresman Reading Program (1981). / Three hypotheses were tested. Hypothesis one stated that there is no significant difference in the mean trope density of selected first grade level and second grade level basal readers. The null hypothesis was rejected. / Hypothesis two stated that there is no significant difference between the mean trope density of selected second grade level and third grade level basal readers. The null hypothesis was not rejected. / Hypothesis three stated that there was no significant difference between the mean trope density of selected first grade level and third grade level basal readers. The null hypothesis was rejected. / The conclusions from this study were: (1) There is a significant difference between the mean trope density of first and second grade level basal readers. (2) There is a significant difference between the mean trope density of first and third grade level basal readers. (3) There is no significant difference between the mean trope density of second and third grade level basal readers. (4) The types of tropes occurring most frequently and representing approximately 50% of the occurrences in first grade level basal readers are abstractionistic metaphors and hyperbole. (5) The types of tropes occurring most frequently and representing approximately 50% of the occurrences in second grade level basal readers are animistic metaphors and inanimate metaphors. (6) The types of tropes occurring most frequently and within a close range in third grade level basal readers are animal metaphors, hyperbole, animistic metaphors, abstractionistic metaphors, frozen metaphors, and inanimate metaphors. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06, Section: A, page: 1907. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74832 |
| Contributors | CROLL, SANDRA DONNA., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 117 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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