Abstract
The abilityof 72 3- to 7-year-old children to produce appropriate similes, to evaluate a given simile's appropriateness, and to select a most appropriate simile from among three candidate similes was tested in a simple story-telling situation. Similes were based on basic physical features (color, texture, shape, temperature, loudness, and size). Stimulus similes were appropriate (e.g., “round as a ball”), flawed (e.g., round as a mouth), or vague (e.g., round as a toy). Minimum competence on the tasks appeared around Age 3 for the multiple choice task, Age 4 for the production task, and Ages 5 to 7 for the evaluation task. The children's performance was interpreted in terms of their ability to use simile informativeness and attribute salience in detecting anomalous language.
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