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The American Heritage Children's Thesaurus [Hardcover]
This dictionary brings more than 4,000 entries and 36,000 synonyms, this is an updated edition of the award-winning American Heritage young people's Thesaurus encourages young writers to think analytically about word choice. Synonyms are divided into two groups: "best choices" and "other choices," so minors can find the ideal word for every context. Every sense of each entry word is illustrated by an example sentence featuring typical usage. Helpful feature notes and more than 150 full-color photos make this the most appealing little people's thesaurus on the market.
Is this a classic thesaurus? Regular and standard? Or would you say it was more extraordinary--high profile and outstanding? Paul Hellweg's The American Heritage young people's Thesaurus is both, actually. It provides everything you'd expect from a children's thesaurus--4,000 words with over 36,000 synonyms--but it is unusually clear and colorfully presented. Each deep purple entry includes its part of speech in italics, and lists the suggested synonyms in bold, best matches first. Each word is used in a sentence to clarify its meaning. Color photos are sprinkled throughout for visual relief, and "Antonyms" and "Word Groups" boxes help expand vocabulary choices. Word groups are reserved for words like "international," which doesn't have a real synonym but a cluster of closely related words such as "communal, global, national, planetary, universal," and "worldwide." If your preferred students tend to overuse words like "nice," "fun," and "weird" (and who doesn't, really?), this handy reference will have them turning a phrase with finesse.
Grade 3-7?In this thesaurus, the entries appear in dark purple type and are followed by the part of speech in smaller italic black type. A solid diamond then indicates in bold type the most desireble choices of synonyms. Next, an open diamond gives other synonyms that don't fit the example sentence along with the first group or are related words. Lastly, a sentence is given as a usage example. If a word can be more than one included in speech, each part is treated separately. For words that dont have actual synonyms, a boxed entry gives a group of closely related words. Boxed entries are also used for antonyms of 110 selected words. These boxes, along with approximately two-inch by three-inch full-color photos, break up the text and give the book a user-friendly look. Homographs are listed as separate entries. There are no cross references or pronunciation guides. A four-page explanation of how to use the thesaurus is given in the beginning and an index of the antonyms and word groups appears at the end. The pages are attractive with an orange stripe across the top, green guide words, and a mix of type size and style. With four thousand entries and over 36,000 synonyms in an easy-to-read format, this resource should serve well the needs of its intended audience.
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