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Business and Entrepreneurial Talent Qualities Found in the Writing of Children Who Display Extraordinary Talent include the following: |
| 1. The use of paradox 2. The use of parallel structure 3. The use of rhythm 4. The use of visual imagery 5. Unusual melodic combinations 6. Unusual use of figures of speech--alliteration, personification, assonance 7. Confidence with reverse structure 8. Unusual adjectives and adverbs 9. A feeling of movement 10. Uncanny wisdom 11. Sophisticated syntax--hyphens, parentheses, appositives 12. Prose lyricism 13. Displaying a "natural ear" for language 14. Sense of humor 15. Philosophical or moral bent 16. A willingness to "play " with words |
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| Talented Children and Adults, Their
Development and Education. Second Edition, Jane Piirto, (1999), Merrill. |
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