In a Word: The Essential Tool for Finding the Perfect Word

256 pages. Cover slightly worn In our information-overloaded society, how can you ensure your words will be read over the next person's? The secret is In a Word - a book for journalists, critics, writers, bloggers, students and anyone else looking to get their messa ge across more effectively. So much more than a dictionary or thesaurus, this bo ok is designed to guide people to the exact word they need in order to articulat e their message in the most inspired and impressive kind of way. Words are group ed under easy-to-navigate category headings. Lists include such things as 'defin ing terms' (analogy, dystopia, subterfuge.), 'character descriptions' (diva, i mpresario, rabble-rouser.), 'mythological creatures' (bunyip, griffin, sasquat ch.), 'types of hats' (cloche, Stetson, yarmulke.), 'different types of spea king voices' (booming, sententious, tremulous.), famous book characters - and much more besides.