How to Talk About Actions sessions How to talk About various speech Habits sessions How to Insult Your Enemics sessions How to Flatter Your Friends sessions How to talk About common phenomena and Occurrences sessions How to talk About what Goes On sessions How to Talk about a variety of personal Characteristics sessions How to check Your Standing as an Amateur Etymologist How to Keep Buiding Your Vocabulary. Test Your Grammar 2. Random Notes on Modern Usage 3. How Grammar Changes 4.
How to Avoid Being a purist 5. How to speak Naturally 6. Do you Always Use the Proper word? Some Interesting Dcrivations 8. How to spell a word 9. Take This spelling Test Another Check on Your Spelling. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. If the answer to any of these questions is no, you need Word Power Made Easy. Written in a lively, accessible, and timeless style, and loaded with helpful reviews, progress checks, and quizzes to reinforce the material, this classic resource has helped millions learn to speak and write with confidence.
E-Book Description. E-Book Details. Table of Contents. How to Test Your Present Vocabulary How vocabulary growth of the average adult compares with that of children; a simple test to show you whether your vocabulary is below average, average, above average, excellent, or superior in range, verbal speed, and responsiveness; important evidence of the close relationship between vocabulary and success.
How to Talk About Personality Types Sessions 1—3 Words that describe all kinds and sorts of people, including terms for self-interest, reactions to the world, attitudes to others, skill and awkwardness, marital states, hatred of man, of woman, and of marriage. How one session of pleasant work can add more words to your vocabulary than the average adult learns in an entire year; why it is necessary to develop a comfortable time schedule and then stick to it.
Terms for experts in disorders of the female organs; childhood diseases; skin ailments; skeletal deformities; heart ailments; disorders of the nerves, mind, and personality. How self-discipline and persistence will ultimately lead to complete mastery over words. How to Talk About Various Practitioners Sessions 7—10 Words that describe a variety of professions, including those dealing with the human mind; teeth; vision; feet; handwriting; aging; etc.
How you are becoming more and more conscious of the new words you meet in your reading. How to Talk About Science and Scientists Sessions 11—13 Words that describe students of human development, of the heavens, of the earth, of plant and animal life, of insect forms, of words and language, of social organization.
By way of simple techniques, the author has presented easy tips for improving one's vocabulary and word skills. After having created awareness about the new words and their meaning, he then goes onto explain how to make their correct usage. Norman Lewis, by way of citing several examples, even explains the correct usage of many words that often have the user confused.
The diction and many idioms are explained in detail. Picking up the correct synonym, when arriving at a particular expression, has also been explained. A section of the book even explains many etymology concepts that one can easily adopt for getting a better grasp of the language. The book has been divided into oriented sessions that need action from the user and there are many exercises that challenge and enhance one's language skills.
At the end of every chapter ends there is a review exercise. Putting oneself to test for these review exercises will give the user a progressive check about the grasp of the language one is gaining.
At many places, the monotony of the chapters has been splintered with trivia that keeps the reader's interest in the subject alive and even encourages one to keep practicing more. The book is laid out in an easy to understand language but at places does challenge one comprehension of the subject. Since , when this page book was first released, it has only become more popular as the years have gone by.
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