The Well-Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases (A Vocabulary Builder for Adults to Improve Your Writing and Speaking Communication Skills)

I just purchased six different Thesauri. They were all top rated on Amazon, and sounded so good I couldn't resist trying them all. I hope you find this Comparison Guide helpful..... THE SYNONYM FINDER BY RODALE - 5 Stars 1,361 pages of Words in alphabetical order (no Index needed), and each word has a long list of Synonyms - many more than Microsoft Word 2004 gives. Each lookup word is identified as adverb, noun, verb... No pronunciation guidance. Soft brownish pages at about 86% brightness. 1,361 pages. 6" x 9" * * * * * * * BARTLETT'S ROGET'S THESAURUS - 3 Stars This book is written in a Concept Flow. It is almost impossible to find any lookup word without the Index, so 663 pages of this book are Index! And the Index is in very fine print!! Each lookup word has a list of Nouns, then Verbs, then Adverbs... after it. No pronunciation guidance. Smooth white thin pages at about 96% brightness with good sharp text. 1414 pages. 7.25" x 9.5" * * * * * * * ROGET'S INTERNATIONAL THESAURUS - 3 Stars This book is written in a Concept Flow. It is almost impossible to find any lookup word without the Index, so 469 pages of this book are Index! And the Index is in fine print!! Each lookup word has a list of Nouns, then Verbs, then Adverbs... after it. No pronunciation guidance. Soft yellow-brown pages at about 86% brightness. 1282 pages. 7.4" x 9.5" * * * * * * * THE WELL-SPOKEN THESAURUS: THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS TO SAY EVERYDAY WORDS AND PHRASES - 5 Stars This book gives you better sounding, more descriptive words and phrases to say or write instead of the words that are ordinarily used in every day language. There are from one to about twenty alternatives under each lookup word. Soft pages at about 94% brightness. 391 pages. 6" x 9" * * * * * * * THE DESCRIBER'S DICTIONARY: A TREASURY OF TERMS AND LITERARY QUOTATIONS - 4 Stars Even though this book is organized entirely by subject, and there's no Index at all to look up a particular word, it's still very good at conceptualizing a great many words and phrases that you may want to better describe in that article or book you are working on. On the left pages there are paragraphs by famous authors to further illustrate how to better write the concepts for your project. Rough brownish pages at about 84% brightness. 414 pages. 5.5" x 8.25" * * * * * * * THE EMOTION THESAURUS: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO CHARACTER EXPRESSION - 5 Stars Each Emotion gets two pages, and begins anew on the top of the left page (I do love a book that is formatted in this way). After the Title Emotion we get a Definition, and then very good descriptions of the following: Physical Signals, Internal Sensations, Mental Responses, Cues of Acute or Longterm..., May Escalate To, Cues of Supressed... Smooth bright white paper at about 99% brightness. 164 pages. 7"x 10"

Tom Heehler is a brilliant and compelling author that easily engages his audience at the start of this book. His passion to help readers become eloquent in articulation, evident. This writer includes his personal collection of notes, as he introduces us to a number of history's greatest writers. This is a journey packed with cover to cover education, enjoyment, as you revisit time and again. I highly recommend this book.

Great book. Inexpensive. Worth the money.

My students and I just used this for crafting argumentative and college application essays. They were delighted to see not just synonyms but also how to use them in sentences. I do wish it also had an index of verbs, nouns, etc. The entrants are indexed by phrases: "Bad at math - innumerate", "Bad Behavior - villainy", "Bad Deeds - ..." are listed alphabetically. An index such as "Behavior 83, 179" would facilitate finding other behaviors in the printed edition.

This helped to keep my writing fresh and avoid using the same adjectives when writing documentation for work.

This was given as a gift and she loved it!

This book is well-written with a clear and engaging style. The author uses eloquent language that is easy to follow while still being rich and expressive

The book includes examples of helpful content hidden under layers of not so helpful suggestions, which make me regret buying it. (For the sections below, the first term pastes the author's example of a "poor" (?) term (officially, "don't say X"), followed by the author's recommended term.) Helpful: - Suggestions of words that evoke a visual action or a feeling: To show ("poor") vs. to school (recommended); adjust vs. tailor; distinguish between vs. draw a distinction; distort the truth vs. sugarcoat; getting into vs. warming into; getting dark vs. growing dark, not in line vs out of step. - Options to replace overused language: busy vs. not a moment to spare; fancy vs. extravagant; political handlers vs. praetorian guard (To interview the president, you've got to get past the praetorian guard). Not so helpful: - Suggestions more wordy than the original: Best we can do is vs. we can do no better than to, cancel vs abrogate the contract, get used to vs. accustom oneself to. - Suggestions replacing vivid words for those less vivid: blood money vs. filthy lucre. - Suggestions of vocabulary to help you pass the GRE (but who talks like that?): brother vs. brethren, concerned vs. solicitous. - Suggestions you say as you drink tea, pinky up: carefree attitude vs. insouciance. - Suggestions replacing active tense for passive tense: They don't all agree on vs. there is little agreement on. (To be fair, "there is little agreement on" has a place and time, best used when you're trying not to place blame on who is not agreeing), but the author doesn't dive into these nuances.

An interesting book to dip into, and a great book if you're stuck and just looking for a little inspiration for a phrase.

Excellent book. It is a must.

If you are an English language lover, you will love it.

So handy!! 🙌🙌🙌

Buen libro para inglés academico