This workbook includes exercises for the younger crowd (middle school age) and for older students and adults who want to play with words.
Clichés: The Classic Route to Ruining Good Writing From the French 'stamp', a cliché is the stamping of the same fixed expression onto our page. Instead of writing something fresh, we resort to stamping a wornout expression.
In January 2012, we began playing with words together.
A series of word games, puzzles, crosswords etc., designed to assist elementary and intermediate level students to increase their word-power in an enjoyable way.--page 4 of cover.
Through a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts, Playing with Words will help you develop your writing, trying out new styles and approaches along the way. Use this book in a class, in a group, or alone in a writer's attic.
Over 200 word games - anagrams, scramblegrams, rhymes, puns, riddles, tieclues, spoonerisms, doubletones, proverbs, parodies, nimbles, and many others.
Humour permeates our lives. People tell jokes, make puns, and engage in witty banter. There is written humour in headlines and captions, in ads, on signs, t-shirts, and bumper stickers,...
Playing with Words: the spoken word in artistic practice is an anthology of works from over forty leading contemporary sound artists and composers who use words, particularly spoken words, as their material and inspiration.
Playing with Words is book two in the Boggy Creek Valley series and is a stand alone novel.
SCRAMBLED WORDS At the root of many children's spelling problems is the inability to register and remember the precise order of letters in words . Word play — fostered by games of anagrams and scrambled words – sensitizes children to ...
Each player lists nine random terms relating to that subject on their own piece of paper. The group leader then calls out as many words as he can think of that relate to the given subject. If a player has written down one of the words ...
Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for anyone interested in honing their craft.
With an emphasis on learning through play, this book provides a comprehensive collection of word games for vocabulary development or to constructively fill leisure time.
Playing with Words is a double-concept album with four sides of an interrelated theme.
The truth about poets is any subject or experience is fair game for a poem. Therefore the topics in "Playing With Words" deal with families and family relations, nature, war, famous people, attitudes and prejudices, and humor.
Provides parents and caregivers with ordinary, everyday activities on how to help their children learn about words and books through play.
This book is full mazes, cryptograms, word scramble, missing vowel and word searches. From easy to hard, there's something for almost everyone in here. This is a great way to exercise your brain and you may even learn something new!
Playing with Words
Book of poems, accompanied by two (2) short stories as well as the inclusion of illustrations.