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Barron's Painless Ser.: Painless Vocabulary by Michael Greenberg (2011, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

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Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's Painless Series authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each subject to practical use. Most of these books take a light-hearted approach to their subjects, often employing humor, and always presenting fun-learning exercises that include puzzles, games, and challenging "Brain Tickler" problems to solve. Each chapter in this book introduces 15 new words and places them in amusing sentences as aids to memory retention and vocabulary building. ATTENTION STUDENTS: You get a special FREE bonus when you purchase your copy of Barron's Painless Vocabulary Barron's is taking Painless to the next level: FUN Sealed inside your copy of Painless Vocabulary, you'll find a code that gives you access to a FREE app. Simply key in that code on your iPhone, iTouch, iPad or Android device, and you download a fun-to-play Vocabulary arcade game challenge that will expand your vocabulary and strengthen your word power

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Kaplan Publishing
ISBN-10
0764147145
ISBN-13
9780764147142
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102800773

Product Key Features

Author
Michael Greenberg
Publication Name
Painless Vocabulary
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Publication Year
2011
Series
Barron's Painless Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pe1449.G665 2011
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
Introduction Words Don't Hurt: How to Use This Book Chapter One: Dinosaur Man Words in Context Chapter Two: In Your Face! Word Forms Chapter Three: The Writing Process--The Long, Slow Road to Nearly Perfect Read, Read, and Read Some More Chapter Four: Old Folks? What Does It Mean to Be Old in the 21st Century? Verbal Analogies Chapter Five: The Tale of the Teaching Tyrant Starting Your Own Black Book Chapter Six: The Newest Thing Using a Dictionary Chapter Seven: Where Have All the Words Gone? A Brief History of Our Language Chapter Eight: Natural Disasters--Something Can Be Done Electronic Dictionaries Chapter Nine: The Middle School Years--How Much Do They Matter? Using a Thesaurus Chapter Ten: Bargain Hunters--Going to Unreasonable Lengths New Words Through Technology Chapter Eleven: The Phone Keeps Ringing The Verbal Analogy Bridge Chapter Twelve: Ozzie's Nine Lives Using an Electronic Thesaurus Chapter Thirteen: Enough to Eat Importing New Words Chapter Fourteen: All Pumped Up--Home Runs and Steroids A Brief History of Dictionaries Chapter Fifteen: King of the #7 Train Words from Myths Chapter Sixteen: A Closer Look at the Patriot Act Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Chapter Seventeen: The Hot Corner--Learning to Love Books Word Games Chapter Eighteen: Dare to "Dis"--Bullying the Bullies Electronic Readers Chapter Nineteen: We're Smarter Than You Are--The Younger Generation Makes Its Case Using the Context: A Case Study Chapter Twenty: The Borrowed Child Looking Back Appendix Word List Words from Greek and Roman Myths and Languages More Words to Know Index
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Vocabulary
Lccn
2010-049946
Dewey Decimal
428.1
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines