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Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Do your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, “The Writer's Diet” is for you! It's a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost your verbal fitness.
Helen Sword dispenses with excessive explanations and overwrought analysis. Instead, she offers an easy-to-follow set of writing principles: use active verbs whenever possible; favor concrete language over vague abstractions;...
Author
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A reference to help children understand the rules of grammar and punctuation. Grammatical concepts are broken down with simple, clear explantations and illustrations. Fun exercises help to make this a lively read, as well as a useful reference. -- Provided by publisher.
47) Adverbs
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
"A simple overview of adverbs-the words that describe actions-including their uses in sentences, their degrees of comparison, and how to spot different and irregular forms"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Décharné traces the colorful history of slang, from Elizabethan highwaymen to the rap and hip-hop of today. He shows how meanings change over years; introduces us to flying aces, pickpockets, and carnival geeks who have left their impression on our language; and shows how slang leaks into the mainstream to infuse language with vitality.
49) My ABC book
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A is for airplane, B is for boat, and C is for cat! Get ready to learn your ABCs with this delightfully illustrated book full of animals, toys, vehicles, and more."--Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! In this fun-filled book, playful puns and comical cartoon cats combine to show, not tell, readers what prepositions are all about. Each preposition in the text, like under, over, by the clover, about, throughout, and next to Rover, is highlighted in color for easy identification. This is the newest addition to the Words Are CATagorical series,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and illustrations of comical cats present numerous examples of adjectives, from "hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary" to "tan and tall," "funny, frisky, smooth, and small."
55) Barron's IELTS
Author
Publisher
Kaplan, Inc., d/b/a Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This newly updated edition of IELTS Practice Exams with online audio prepares test takers for success on the IELTS, an English competency test that's recognised by more than 9,000 organisations in over 145 countries.
56) Prepositions
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaplan Inc., d/b/a Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Barron's ESL Proficiency Series: Prepositions provides comprehensive coverage of this most difficult topic in English grammar. The idiosyncratic nature of prepositions often makes them a barrier to achieving English language proficiency. Jean Yates offers clear explanations with lots of examples and opportunities to practice. Content is organized into simple 15-minute units each of which has its own practice exercises. An answer key is included in...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Perhaps you're reading a book and stop to puzzle over absurd spelling rules, or you hear someone talking and get stuck on an expression, or your kid quizzes you on homework. Suddenly you ask yourself, "Wait, why do we do it this way?" You think about it, try to explain it, and keep running into walls. It doesn't conform to logic. It doesn't work the way you'd expect it to. There doesn't seem to be any rule at all. In Highly Irregular, Arika Okrent...
58) Ww
Author
Publisher
Smartbook Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Ww title invites beginning readers to discover where this letter is found in the alphabet, how it sounds, and much more"--
59) Nouns
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
MN 2013.
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
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