Awesome Vocabulary

By Becky Burckmyer

Book Overview

If your skill with words isn't up to scratch, you may find yourself sidelined or ignored at work and elsewhere. You create an impression with what you write, and a weak or incorrect vocabulary is a serious liability.

Awesome Vocabulary offers a painless way to build an exceptional vocabulary. Readers will discover comprehensive, useful lists of words and exercises focused on improving word choices. They'll also learn:
Tricks to reveal the meaning of new wordsMemory devices to help distinguish between similar wordsThe difference between using words to impress and using words that make their meanings clear Examples of writing--correct and incorrect, attractive and unlovely, persuasive and off-putting--that clearly show the right stuff and how to amend the wrong stuffThe secret to "balanced prose" the Rule of ThreeAvoiding repetition and redundancyThe proper vocabulary for the proper occasion: business letters, e-mails, and casual conversation

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1601630441
• ISBN13: 9781601630445
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Career Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.2"