Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL - but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? By playing the fifty games in this book , you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English language.
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Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current book, Presidential Trivia. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language. Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.
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A wonderful resource for English Teachers & other verbivores,
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This book is full of great ways to have fun with the English language. I have used it during my teaching practicum to teach my students (grade 8 & 12) basic poetic terms. The games are great fun and a wonderful way to start class everyday! The kids keep asking for more & I don't think there's anything better than that. Lederer spans the language from sound devices, to metaphors, to names, to language logic. It's one book I wouldn't want to teach without!
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The best word games I've ever seen!,
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You don't need to have a sophisticated vocabulary to play these games. It's wonderful with children. We play in the car, at the dinner table, as a homework break. This book goes on vacation with us. I highly recommend it!
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This is an excellent book for teachers of 4th grade - adult. Contains fun and challenging language activities that can be modified for all levels!
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Engaging in mental games is as beneficial to the mind as physical exercise is to the body. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inky pinky Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Hampshire, Old English, Native American New!
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- Adventures of a Verbivore by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Write Way: The S.P.E.L.L. Guide to Real-Life Writing (Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature) by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge on page 117, and page 271
- Get Thee To a Punnery by Richard Lederer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Fractured English by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Crazy English by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Metaphorically Selling: How to Use the Magic of Metaphors to Sell, Persuade, & Explain Anything to Anyone by Anne Miller in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Revenge of Anguished English: More Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer in Front Matter
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