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Word Play

Author : Peter Farb
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101971290
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Peter Farb and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-08-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do certain words make us blush or wince? Why do men and women really speak different languages? Why do nursery rhymes in vastly different societies possess similar rhyme and rhythm patterns? What do slang, riddles and puns secretly have in common? This erudite yet irresistibly readable book examines the game of language: its players, strategies, and hidden rules. Drawing on the most fascinating linguistic studies—and touching on everything from the Marx Brothers to linguistic sexism, from the phenomenon of glossolalia to Apache names for automobile parts—Word Play shows what really happens when people talk, no matter what language they happen to be using.

Wordplay

Author : Adam Lehrhaupt
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338151258
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Wordplay written by Adam Lehrhaupt and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the funny, smart mold of The Day the Crayons Quit, this sneaky lesson about the parts of speech is also a delightful story about playground competition and new friends. When the parts of speech gather on the playground, Verb is always the star. She can climb! She can frolic! She can DO anything! Her friends Adjective, Adverb, and Interjection all watch admiringly. ("WOW!" says Interjection.)Then Noun comes along -- and Noun can BE anything. A person! A place! Even a thing! ("PRETTY!" says Interjection.) The other parts of speech are fascinated by this new kid, and Verb doesn't like it one bit.

Word Play

Author : Sandra Whitaker
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Sandra Whitaker and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I could have done a much better job of empowering my students with language had I had this book as a young teacher. - Carol Ann Tomlinson Author of The Differentiated Classroom Vocabulary is key - to comprehension, to deep academic understanding, to communication. But with so many words and so little instructional time, how can teachers ensure that students do more than merely memorize word lists? That they make words their own and use them well in all their reading, writing, and speaking activities? In Word Play, Sandra Whitaker, a National Board Certified Teacher, leads the way to effective, meaningful vocabulary instruction that helps students in every subject area. With Word Play you'll teach so that students don't just what know what words mean, but how they convey meaning and what their appropriate uses are. Three aspects of learning must work together for successful vocabulary instruction, and Whitaker details what they are and how to teach them: Morphemic structure - where words come from, how they are formed, and how they can be changed to form new words Conceptual meaning makers - the small but important group of context-specific terms that support meaning making within assigned texts but are rarely used outside those texts Academic vocabulary - cross-discipline and discipline-specific words that support learning by helping students determine meanings in relation to the subjects they study and use precise language to communicate their thinking. Whitaker makes the theoretical practical, presenting the theory and research behind high-quality instruction, then following up with engaging, interesting ways for students to practice all three aspects of vocabulary. You'll replace monotonous memorization with enjoyable activities that capitalize on adolescents' natural interest in words and language. Illustrating her strategies with student samples and stories from real classrooms, Whitaker even presents ideas for differentiation that make vocabulary instruction accessible for all students. Give the gift of language. Put away the boring word lists and teach in ways that promote usage, not memorization. You'll encourage a deeper understanding of texts across the curriculum and provide avenues for students to express their thinking more precisely. Put joy into words with Word Play.

ABC Word Play

Author : Fany Perret
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781452148113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book ABC Word Play written by Fany Perret and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hands-on alphabet extravaganza! The letters of the alphabet come to life in this bright, graphic, and delightfully interactive ABC novelty board book that pairs early learning with captivating play. Just punch out the oversize neon letters and assemble the simple words featured on each spread, or spell new words. It's the perfect way to play, spell, and learn, from A to Z!

Word Play

Author : Gyles Brandreth
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473620317
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.

Colossal Book of Wordplay

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Puzzlewright
ISBN 13 : 9781402765032
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Colossal Book of Wordplay written by Martin Gardner and published by Puzzlewright. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true pioneer in the field of recreational mathematics, Martin Gardner has been wrangling words for decades, and his latest opus is nothing short of extraordinary. From amazing anagrams and silly spoonerisms to alphamagic squares and cryptarithms, this mind-bending compendium is chock-full of whimsical forms of wordplay that are sure to have sesquipedalian scholars and limber-minded logophiles racking their brains in delight.

Word Play

Author : Vivian Lee Snodgrass
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481717480
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Vivian Lee Snodgrass and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Play is a riveting book regarding an interactive game played with words and God. Inside its pages are the clues to understanding the game. The desired result from playing is to know God better. This book addresses confusion generated by the daily use of words without concern for their actual meanings, more specifically, the words used by Christians. It is a book about God and not religion. Some may discover the contents of Word Play strenuous. Word Play is designed to make readers think. There is a good chance your brain will hurt while reading Word Play. If so then I fulfilled my mission. Enlightenment from critical thinking opens the gateway to the heart. When there is clarity there is understanding and where there is understanding there is power. Word Play was written as a tool to access Gods power through words. It is not a book to be taken lightly. Word Play has a new and different approach for understanding more regarding the power of words. Anyone who desires to know more about this power from God should read Word Play. The lessons learned took over two decades to receive. It took almost two years to write about them. Warning: The awareness resulting from reading Word Play may be overwhelming to some. This is not a book for children.

USA Today Word Play

Author : John Wilmes
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740770357
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book USA Today Word Play written by John Wilmes and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can be sitting in the train working a puzzle but it can take you far away from the everyday. Before you know it you're at your stop or about to pass it. It's not like you were even in the train. It's something different, something removed from the ordinary." --Maki Kaji, The Japanese Times The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper offers puzzle-smiths the ultimate book featuring a new collection of challenging conundrums. Three varieties of word puzzles meet for true wordsmiths: WHATZIT?, a word phrase game; Up & Down Words, a mix-and-match world clue game; and QuickCross, a mini crossword puzzle.

Wordplay

Author : John Langdon
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593063759
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Wordplay written by John Langdon and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If the name Langdon sounds familiar, it s because Dan Brown named the intrepid protagonist of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons after ambigram- and symbol-designer John Langdon. Widely recognized as a master of the art of the ambigram form, John Langdon does with words what M.C. Escher and Salvador Dali did with images. An ambigram is where language, science, philosophy and illusion come together in the design of a word which is manipulated to create a surprising illusion. In this book John Langdon shows us how we can expand our understanding of terms and concepts by looking at ambigrams - words designed to be read upside down, back to front, or in a mirror as well as left to right. He not only presents the reader with a number of strikingly beautiful and arresting ambigrams but also shows how the very shape of the letters can change our idea of the word itself and its meaning. He even disarmingly demonstrates how one goes about making an ambigram. But be warned- it s not as easy as it looks. WORDPLAY is the ultimate collection, featuring a foreword by Dan Brown-for all those who just can t get enough of the intriguing symbols in his bestselling novels.."

The Book of Word Games

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9780963878472
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Word Games written by David Parlett and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were to imagine your ideal guide to a book of word games, who would you picture? Does an urbane, witty writer come to mind? How about a widely recognized authority and historian of games? Perhaps you'd want someone who successfully creates games himself and has written extensively on a wide variety of games? And oh what the heck let's make him British to add a bit of extra charm. Well, if that sounds like the ideal game guide, look no further. David Parlett is an internationally recognized master of games. The author of many books, including the Oxford History of Board Games and The Penguin Book of Card Games, he has also created many games including Hare & Tortoise, which has sold over 3 million copies. In "The Book of Word Games" Parlett presents a practical and entertaining guide to word games and how to play them. He offers clear and witty introductions to over 150 word games, indicating degree of difficulty, appropriate number of players, and age range (many of the games are great for the classroom or to give your kids some fun while improving their language skills). Parlett also gives a wealth of interesting etymological knowledge, including word origins, phonetic facts and interesting tidbits like the longest word in the English language. There is something for everyone, from new readers to sophisticated word connoisseurs. From well-known favorites such as Boggle and Consequences to lesser-known but equally enjoyable games such as Bacronyms and Aesop's Mission, "The Book of Word Games" presents a wide-ranging collection of word games for verbivores of all ages. "

Word Play

Author : Vivian Lee Snodgrass
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481717472
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Vivian Lee Snodgrass and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Play is a riveting book regarding an interactive game played with words and God. Inside its pages are the clues to understanding the game. The desired result from playing is to know God better. This book addresses confusion generated by the daily use of words without concern for their actual meanings, more specifically, the words used by Christians. It is a book about God and not religion. Some may discover the contents of Word Play strenuous. Word Play is designed to make readers think. There is a good chance your brain will hurt while reading Word Play. If so then I fulfilled my mission. Enlightenment from critical thinking opens the gateway to the heart. When there is clarity there is understanding and where there is understanding there is power. Word Play was written as a tool to access God's power through words. It is not a book to be taken lightly. Word Play has a new and different approach for understanding more regarding the power of words. Anyone who desires to know more about this power from God should read Word Play. The lessons learned took over two decades to receive. It took almost two years to write about them. Warning: The awareness resulting from reading Word Play may be overwhelming to some. This is not a book for children.

Word Play

Author : Amalie Silver
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500208547
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Amalie Silver and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smut sells. Michael Rourke learned this the hard way. Struggling to make ends meet as a mystery writer, he sold his soul - and his pride - as he pedaled sex and lust writing under the pen name Christoph Strong. No one knew he was the one behind the steamy stories on the bestsellers lists. And he planned to keep it that way. Until he met her. Monica Singer, an infamous blogger, is keen to discover the truth of his secret identity. During a chance meeting at a book convention, Michael and Monica form an instant connection. And soon, an industry rivalry becomes something else entirely. But as Michael starts to let his guard down, he doesn't realize that the person he's learning to trust may be hiding secrets of her own. Secrets that could ultimately destroy everything.

Word Play

Author : Jerry Rose
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1635685907
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Jerry Rose and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Delisted

The Yellow Book of Wordplay Stories

Author : Susan Batko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780918468017
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Yellow Book of Wordplay Stories written by Susan Batko and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories designed to teach the meaning of different words.

Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens

Author : Eleanor Cook
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400859662
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens written by Eleanor Cook and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first full-length study of Wallace Stevens's word-play, Eleanor Cook focuses on Stevens's skillful play with grammar, etymology, allusion, and other elements of poetry, and suggests ways in which this play offers a method of approaching his work. At the same time, this book is a general study of Stevens's poetry, moving from his earliest to his latest work, and includes close readings of three of his remarkable long poems--Esthetique du Mal, Notes toward a Supreme Fiction, and An Ordinary Evening in New Haven. The chronological arrangement enables readers to follow Stevens's increasing skill and changing thought in three areas of his "poetry of the earth": the poetry of place, the poetry of eros, and the poetry of belief. Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens shows how, in setting words at play and in conflict, Stevens could upset the usual relations of rhetoric, grammar, and dialectic, and thus the book contributes to the current debate about logical and a-logical uses of language. Cook also places Stevens within the larger context of Western literature, hearing how he speaks to Milton, Keats, and Wordsworth; to such American forebears as Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson; and to T. S. Eliot, his contemporary. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Studies in the Word-Play of Plautus

Author : Charles Mendelson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359070590
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Word-Play of Plautus written by Charles Mendelson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the INTRODUCTION. Word-play has long been recognized as one of Plautus' principal methods for arousing laughter, and every commentator has been at more or less pains to point out the passages in which this device is used. Just how much effect word-plays have in making Plautus what he is cannot be determined until the subject of Plautine humor is given a thorough investigation, and the various methods for arousing laughter are carefully analyzed and compared. It requires, however, only a casual reading of our author to learn that here, as in the case of Shakespeare, we have to do with a writer who does not use word-plays occasionally, but constantly, and relies to a great extent on this form of the comic. A recent editor of the Mostellaria exaggerates but slightly when he says that Plautus is ""copious in quip and pun until quip and pun grow wearisome.""...

A Pleasury of Witticisms and Word Play

Author : Antony B. Lake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517231272
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book A Pleasury of Witticisms and Word Play written by Antony B. Lake and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of immortal wit, whimsical verse and other literary tours de force"--Jacket subtitle.