The trope density of the Newbery Bronze Medal winners and the selected Advanced Teacher's Choices books (1983-1985) was studied to determine the most common type of trope found in each of the eight prize-winning children's literature books. The readability level of each Newbery Bronze Medal winner and each selected Advanced Teacher's Choice was studied. The investigator utilized eight advanced children's literature books in seeking answers to the following questions. / Is there is significant difference between the trope density of the Newbery Bronze Medal Award books and the Advanced Teacher's Choices Books? Is there a significant difference in the readability levels of the two categories of books? Is there a significant relationship between readability levels and trope densities? Is there a significant difference in the trope types found in the Newbery Bronze Medal Award Books and the Teacher's Choices Books? These are the questions this investigator sought to answer in this study. / The four hypotheses were tested by using the following: (1) The Mann-Whitney U Test for small samples was employed for hypotheses 1 and 2; (2) The Spearman Rank Order Correlation was employed for hypothesis 3; (3) Chi-square and Binomial statistics were employed to test hypothesis 4. / No significant differences were found in the mean trope densities of the three Newbery Bronze and the five selected Advanced Teacher's Choices books. No significant differences were found in the readability levels of the three Newbery Bronze Medal Award Books and the five selected Advanced Teacher's Choices. However, a significant relationship between Award type and trope frequency was found. It was also found that the most frequently used trope was sense and the least used tropes were synecdoche, litote, and metonomy. / Further studies of metaphorical language should be conducted utilizing advanced fictional and nonfictional children literature books, pop literature, and newspapers. The readability levels of prize winning literature books, pop literature, and newspapers should be examined. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1717. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76109 |
| Contributors | BEALING, SARA CANNON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 235 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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