Barron`s First Thesaurus

BarronB`s First Thesaurus, written and illustrated for primary school children, will help them build their vocabularies as they are introduced to the idea of a thesaurus. The first thing they learn is that a thesaurus isnB`t the same as a dictionary. ItB`s purpose is to present many synonyms for each of its main entriesB?or headwordsB?while a dictionary focuses more attention on word definitions. This good-looking volume presents more than 100 headwordsB?one headword to a pageB?then provides a short definition that includes synonyms an example sentence, a separate list of synonyms, and where appropriate, an antonym. Young readers will find a total of more than 1,000 synonyms that will strengthen their vocabularies and improve their writing styles for classroom assignments. Each alphabetically listed headword appears in an attractive layout with cartoon-style color illustrations to help clarify word meanings. Kids will discover that using a thesaurus is not only instructive, but fun, too!

Author:

Delahunty, Andrew

ISBN:

9780764131592

Format:

Paperback

Pages:

127

Publish Date:

02/01/2005

Publisher:

Barrons Juveniles

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