The Well-Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases
The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases
Author: Tom Heehler
A most uncommon reference, "The Well-Spoken Thesaurus" is a reader's guide toeloquence, replacing ordinary words with extraordinary ones, and offering themost powerful ways to say everyday words and phrases.
Paperback
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Summary
A most uncommon reference, "The Well-Spoken Thesaurus" is a reader's guide toeloquence, replacing ordinary words with extraordinary ones, and offering themost powerful ways to say everyday words and phrases.
Description
For example, as replacements for absolutely,A" Roget's thesaurus lists several adverbs--A"extremely,A" exactly,A" perfectlyA"; The Well-Spoken Thesaurus provides both words and phrases--A"categorically,A" without question,A" by any measureA"--that offer greater flexibility in shaping a potent, poetic sentence.
Critic Reviews
“"In this unconventional, easy-to-use thesaurus, Heehler, a degree student at the Harvard Extension School, invites the reader to speak like an academic without sounding like one." - Book News”
"This is your guide to eloquence - replacing ordinary words with extraordinary ones that take your writing to new heights. " - Gotham Writer's Workshop "A celebration of the spoken word." - Chicago Tribune "Winston Churchill, in the words of one of his contemporaries, 'mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.' Like many of the great orators and writers of our time, the prime minister knew the words he used and how he used them were at least as important as the ideas he needed to get across...In 2006, the same idea occurred to an American truck driver." - The Winnipeg Free Press "How absolutely fascinating." - The Fayetteville Observer "The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is a delightful book for anyone interested in language and the spoken word." - Midge Raymond, Award-winning author of Forgetting English "In this unconventional, easy-to-use thesaurus, Heehler, a degree student at the Harvard Extension School, invites the reader to speak like an academic without sounding like one." - Book News
About the Author
Tom Heehler is a sociolinguistics major at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). A full-time student, he spends his off-campus hours aboard the Nostromo, currently moored in Boston Harbor
For example, as replacements for absolutely,A" Roget's thesaurus lists several adverbs--A"extremely,A" exactly,A" perfectlyA"; The Well-Spoken Thesaurus provides both words and phrases--A"categorically,A" without question,A" by any measureA"--that offer greater flexibility in shaping a potent, poetic sentence.
Product Details
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.
