The well-spoken thesaurus : the most powerful ways to say everyday words and phrases /
Heehler, Tom
The well-spoken thesaurus : the most powerful ways to say everyday words and phrases / Tom Heehler. - Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2011. - 391 p. ; 23 cm.
On Becoming Articulate
Rhetorical Form and Design
Lesson 1. T.S. Eliot
Lesson 2. Margaret Atwood
Lesson 3. Ernest Hemingway
Lesson 4. Cormac McCarthy
Lesson 5. John Steinbeck
Lesson 6. Norman Mailer
Lesson 7. Edith Wharton
Lesson 8. E.B. White
Lesson 9. J.M. Coetzee
Lesson 10. John Steinbeck
Lesson 11. Barbara Kingsolver
Lesson 12. Joshua Ferris
Lesson 13. Ken Kesey
Lesson 14. Martin Luther King, Jr
Lesson 15. Henry James
Lesson 16. Barack Obama
Lesson 17. Cintra Wilson
The Well-Spoken Vocabulary
The Seven Rhetorical Sins
How This Book Works
Preamble
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
200 Well-Spoken Alternatives to Common Words and Phrases
If you've ever fumbled while trying to use a big word* (*lofty, pretentious word) to impress a crowd, you know what it's like to* (*what it is to) be poorly spoken. The fear of mispronouncing or misusing complex words is real and leaves many of us consigned to the lower levels* (*lower echelons) of the English Language. The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is your guide to eloquence, replacing the ordinary with the extraordinary.
9781402243059 1402243057
1318381 QBI
2010047798
015674180 Uk
English language--Synonyms and antonyms.
English language--Terms and phrases.
Dictionaries.
PE1591 / H458w 2011
423/.12
The well-spoken thesaurus : the most powerful ways to say everyday words and phrases / Tom Heehler. - Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2011. - 391 p. ; 23 cm.
On Becoming Articulate
Rhetorical Form and Design
Lesson 1. T.S. Eliot
Lesson 2. Margaret Atwood
Lesson 3. Ernest Hemingway
Lesson 4. Cormac McCarthy
Lesson 5. John Steinbeck
Lesson 6. Norman Mailer
Lesson 7. Edith Wharton
Lesson 8. E.B. White
Lesson 9. J.M. Coetzee
Lesson 10. John Steinbeck
Lesson 11. Barbara Kingsolver
Lesson 12. Joshua Ferris
Lesson 13. Ken Kesey
Lesson 14. Martin Luther King, Jr
Lesson 15. Henry James
Lesson 16. Barack Obama
Lesson 17. Cintra Wilson
The Well-Spoken Vocabulary
The Seven Rhetorical Sins
How This Book Works
Preamble
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
200 Well-Spoken Alternatives to Common Words and Phrases
If you've ever fumbled while trying to use a big word* (*lofty, pretentious word) to impress a crowd, you know what it's like to* (*what it is to) be poorly spoken. The fear of mispronouncing or misusing complex words is real and leaves many of us consigned to the lower levels* (*lower echelons) of the English Language. The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is your guide to eloquence, replacing the ordinary with the extraordinary.
9781402243059 1402243057
1318381 QBI
2010047798
015674180 Uk
English language--Synonyms and antonyms.
English language--Terms and phrases.
Dictionaries.
PE1591 / H458w 2011
423/.12