The Well-Spoken Thesaurus - by Tom Heehler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>The ultimate guide on how to speak eloquently, including 200 well-spoken alternatives to common words and phrases.</strong></p><p>If you've ever fumbled while trying to use a <em>big word</em> ('lofty word, ' 'pretentious word') to impress a crowd, you <em>know what it's like to</em> ('know 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 <em>lower levels</em> ('lower reaches, ' 'lower echelons') of the English language.</p><p>The secret to eloquence, however, lies in simplicity--the ability to use ordinary words in extraordinary ways.</p><p><em>The Well-Spoken Thesaurus</em> is your guide to eloquence, featuring lessons from some of the most articulate speakers of our past and present. While a common thesaurus provides only synonyms as mere word-for-word equivalents, <em>The Well-Spoken Thesaurus</em> is <em>filled with</em> ('awash in, ' 'instilled with, ' 'dense with, ' 'rich in') dynamic reinventions of standard words and phrases.</p><p><strong>Lessons from history's greatest writers and speakers, including: </strong></p><ul><li>Margaret Atwood</li><li>Barack Obama</li><li>T. S. Eliot</li><li>Edith Wharton</li><li>Martin Luther King, Jr.</li><li>Henry James</li><li>Barbara Kingsolver</li><li>John Steinbeck</li></ul><p><em>The Well-Spoken Thesaurus</em> is the ultimate vocabulary builder for adults seeking to improve their vocabulary and speak better.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A celebration of the spoken word. - <strong><em>Chicago Tribune</em></strong><br><br>How absolutely fascinating. - <strong><em>The Fayetteville Observer </em></strong><br><br>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. - <strong><em>Book News</em></strong><br><br>The <i>Well-Spoken Thesaurus</i> is a delightful book for anyone interested in language and the spoken word. - <strong><em>Midge Raymond, Award-winning author of Forgetting English </em></strong><br><br>This is your guide to eloquence -- replacing ordinary words with extraordinary ones that take your writing to new heights. - <strong><em>Gotham Writer's Workshop</em></strong><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Tom Heehler is a degree student at the Harvard University Extension School and creator of Fluent in Five Languages, the free online language course where students learn to speak four languages simultaneously - French, Italian, Spanish, and Romanian. You can find this novel approach to language acquisition at FreeLanguageCourses.Blogspot.com.
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