Illustrated Word Smart: A Visual Vocabulary Builder (Smart Guides) [Paperback]

Tom Meltzer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Smart Guides | Publication Date: June 22, 1999

FROM THE CREATORS OF WORD SMART
AN EASIER AND BETTER WAY TO LEARN VOCABULARY

Ever look up a word in the dictionary and forget what it means a week later?

*Here's a breakthrough approach!  Includes 250 entries (all key SAT words) with original illustrations and simple memory techniques

*Illustrated Word Smart helps you to memorize important words without having to labor over long vocabulary lists

*Provides complete definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, plus end-of-chapter quizzes

*Features a special collection of skill-building crosswords and word puzzles by Stanley Newman, puzzle creator for People, Sport, and Games magazines.

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From the Inside Flap

FROM THE CREATORS OF WORD SMART
AN EASIER AND BETTER WAY TO LEARN VOCABULARY

Ever look up a word in the dictionary and forget what it means a week later?

*Here's a breakthrough approach!  Includes 250 entries (all key SAT words) with original illustrations and simple memory techniques

*Illustrated Word Smart helps you to memorize important words without having to labor over long vocabulary lists

*Provides complete definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, plus end-of-chapter quizzes

*Features a special collection of skill-building crosswords and word puzzles by Stanley Newman, puzzle creator for People, Sport, and Games magazines.

About the Author

Tom Meltzer graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English.  For the past twelve years he has worked at The Princeton Review, teaching and developing courses, writing test material, and authoring or co-authoring seven books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review; 1 edition (June 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375751890
• ISBN-13: 978-0375751899
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 1 x 9.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST WAY TO MEMORIZE, August 5, 2001

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Jen (VA!!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illustrated Word Smart: A Visual Vocabulary Builder (Smart Guides) (Paperback)

I recommend this book wholeheartedly. Simply put, it's just the best way to memorize vocabulary words. For example, I used this book the summer before eighth grade to prepare for a high school entrance examination, and I still remember the pictures and the words I memorized that summer (I'm a rising sophmore now). It's incredible!! This book is especially great for visual learners. The humorous pictures with the captions provide great mnemonic devices that become engraved in your mind. This book is an invaluable tool for anyone. I would choose this book over the regular WordSmart or any other vocab books out there that are in dictionary format. You won't regret buying this book. I definitely didn't!!!

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, June 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrated Word Smart: A Visual Vocabulary Builder (Smart Guides) (Paperback)

I have read many books throughout my life, but this by far has been the greatest and most helpful book I have EVER read. Mere words in this review can not begin to explain how immensely this book has affected my academic career. In high school, when I took the pre-SAT for the first time, I got a 340 on the verbal. YES, that's right! a 340! Since English is not my first language, my vocabulary was EXTREMELY limited. My goal was improvement, but knowing that I had read very little English when I was young, I had to figure out a QUICK way to raise my score. After learning the words in this book, in a very twisted way I have yet to completely understand, my writing ability also dramatically improved. In conclusion, you are a COMPLETE FOOL if you take the SAT or the GRE without first extensively studying this book. Your future is very important, don't risk it. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start With This Book, December 19, 2001

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"trevina1" (UC Berkeley, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illustrated Word Smart: A Visual Vocabulary Builder (Smart Guides) (Paperback)

This book is the best vocabulary builder I have come across; it is great for the SAT. The Illustrated Word Smart has the added bonus of containg some GRE vocabulary as well. Visual space and creativity made it easy for me to learn 250 words in two weeks. My only problem is that there are not more difficult illustrated vocabulary books after this one.