Painless Vocabulary

This addition to Barron's Painless series is focused to meet the needs of middle school and high school students. The author's friendly, informal narrative style takes the drudgery out of students' vocabulary building, which is a prerequisite for their academic achievement and future success in college and beyond. Each of 24 chapters introduces 15 new words, first placing the words in a brief essay that allows students to comprehend them in a given context. "Brain Tickler" questions that follow challenge students and help them determine whether they have gained some mastery of word usage. Sidebars appear on many pages with titles such as "Major Mistake Territory," alerting students to possible pitfalls and problems involving correct understanding of word meanings and normal usage. Each chapter concludes with an "On Your Own" section, which invites students to use the target vocabulary list within the context of their own everyday speech. Morbid. . . furtively . . . predecessor . . . infer . . . are typical examples of words students will learn to use with ease. The book's vocabulary is neither too easy nor too arcane--focusing instead on words that students should have at their command in high-school and by the time they enter college.
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Painless Vocabulary

This addition to Barron's Painless series is focused to meet the needs of middle school and high school students. The author's friendly, informal narrative style takes the drudgery out of students' vocabulary building, which is a prerequisite for their academic achievement and future success in college and beyond. Each of 24 chapters introduces 15 new words, first placing the words in a brief essay that allows students to comprehend them in a given context. "Brain Tickler" questions that follow challenge students and help them determine whether they have gained some mastery of word usage. Sidebars appear on many pages with titles such as "Major Mistake Territory," alerting students to possible pitfalls and problems involving correct understanding of word meanings and normal usage. Each chapter concludes with an "On Your Own" section, which invites students to use the target vocabulary list within the context of their own everyday speech. Morbid. . . furtively . . . predecessor . . . infer . . . are typical examples of words students will learn to use with ease. The book's vocabulary is neither too easy nor too arcane--focusing instead on words that students should have at their command in high-school and by the time they enter college.
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Painless Vocabulary

Painless Vocabulary

by Michael Greenberg
Painless Vocabulary

Painless Vocabulary

by Michael Greenberg

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This addition to Barron's Painless series is focused to meet the needs of middle school and high school students. The author's friendly, informal narrative style takes the drudgery out of students' vocabulary building, which is a prerequisite for their academic achievement and future success in college and beyond. Each of 24 chapters introduces 15 new words, first placing the words in a brief essay that allows students to comprehend them in a given context. "Brain Tickler" questions that follow challenge students and help them determine whether they have gained some mastery of word usage. Sidebars appear on many pages with titles such as "Major Mistake Territory," alerting students to possible pitfalls and problems involving correct understanding of word meanings and normal usage. Each chapter concludes with an "On Your Own" section, which invites students to use the target vocabulary list within the context of their own everyday speech. Morbid. . . furtively . . . predecessor . . . infer . . . are typical examples of words students will learn to use with ease. The book's vocabulary is neither too easy nor too arcane--focusing instead on words that students should have at their command in high-school and by the time they enter college.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764181214
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Publication date: 04/01/2006
Series: Painless
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Michael Greenberg is the English Department Head at Great Neck North Middle School. He is the author of Barron's Let's Prepare for the Grade 8 Language Arts Test.

Table of Contents


Introduction

Words Don’t Hurt: How to Use This Book

  • Chapter One: Dinosaur Man

    Words in Context

  • Chapter Two: In Your Face!

    Word Forms

  • Chapter Three: The Writing Process—The Long, Slow Road to Nearly Perfect

    Read, Read, and Read Some More

  • Chapter Four: Old Folks? What Does It Mean to Be Old in the 21st Century?

    Verbal Analogies

  • Chapter Five: The Tale of the Teaching Tyrant

    Starting Your Own Black Book

  • Chapter Six: The Newest Thing

    Using a Dictionary

  • Chapter Seven: Where Have All the

    Words Gone?

    A Brief History of Our Language

  • Chapter Eight: Natural Disasters—Something Can Be Done

    Electronic Dictionaries

  • Chapter Nine: The Middle School Years—How Much Do They Matter?

    Using a Thesaurus

  • Chapter Ten: Bargain Hunters—Going to Unreasonable Lengths

    New Words Through Technology

  • Chapter Eleven: The Phone Keeps Ringing

    The Verbal Analogy Bridge

  • Chapter Twelve: Ozzie’s Nine Lives

    Using an Electronic Thesaurus

  • Chapter Thirteen: Enough to Eat

    Importing New Words

  • Chapter Fourteen: All Pumped Up—Home Runs and Steroids

    A Brief History of Dictionaries

  • Chapter Fifteen: King of the #7 Train

    Words from Myths

  • Chapter Sixteen: A Closer Look at

    the Patriot Act

    Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

  • Chapter Seventeen: The Hot Corner—Learning to Love Books

    Word Games

  • Chapter Eighteen: Dare to “Dis”—Bullying the Bullies

    Electronic Readers

  • Chapter Nineteen: We’re Smarter Than You Are—The Younger Generation Makes Its Case

    Using the Context: A Case Study

  • Chapter Twenty: The Borrowed Child

    Looking Back

  • Appendix

    Word List

    Words from Greek and Roman Myths and Languages

    More Words to Know

  • Index

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