Roget's Descriptive Word Finder

By Kipfer, Barbara Ann

Publishers Summary:
Whether they’re working on a full-length novel or short magazine article, writers can make their work fresher and more evocative with Roget’s "Perfect Word" Thesaurus. It’s the essential guide for choosing accurate, specific words--the key to any piece of good writing. Users can flip through this reference topic-by-topic to find just the right word or phrase. It’s ideal for fiction and poetry writers, as well as teachers, journalists, students and copywriters. Anyone who needs to describe something will find the help they need in this valuable desk reference. Barbara Ann Kipfer is an expert in the field of lexicography. She’s the author of Flip Dictionary, Roget’s Thesaurus of Phrases and The Order of Things. She lives in Ivoryton, Connecticut.

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ISBN
978-1-58297-170-4
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books


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Reviewed on June 1, 2003

Wordsmiths will welcome this intriguing new desk reference, designed for anyone (e.g., novelists, teachers, journalists) who needs to describe something with adjectives or adverbs. Kipfer, editor of Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus: In Dictionary Form and other lexicological works, organizes the thousands of entries thematically into 572 broad categories, providing brief definitions for each word. A "quick word finder" addendum lacks definitions but is also topically organized. Users will appreciate both the t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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