1. A BOOK EVERY STUDENT MUST POSSESS
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2.  A unique reference book for word lists, literature study and
writing strategies in one single book. It has been called the
‘Wren & Martin of writing. One of its kind.
 It brings to you processes to write in a variety of genres
clear how-to-write strategies
 75 exhaustive word-lists of brilliant words for common
boring ones.

4.  How to describe people, settings and relationships
 How to write stories of mystery, fantasy,
ghost and science fiction
 How to write a newspaper report and
minute a meeting
 How to review a book and do
a job application letter
 How to write an argumentative and
a persuasive essay
 How to create advertisements
Complete instruction with definitions
strategies, exemplars and target word lists

5.  How to create a gigantic vocabulary
 How to write a poetry appreciation
 How to analyse a book
 How to make notes and summarise
for an examination.
 How to debate to win
 How to write an effective speech
 How to write a discussion
 How to write a variety of letters
Complete instruction with definitions
strategies, exemplars and target word lists

6.  Descriptive
 Narrative
 Imaginative
 Discussion
 Reporting
 Argumentative
 Persuasive
 Explanation
 Procedural

7. a) Definition of the genre
b) Features of the genre
c) Structure of the genre
d) Detailed notes on the features
e) How to write or demonstration of the genre
f) Examples of writers in the genre
g) Famous writers of the genre
h) Tools for the genre in the form of extensive word
lists

8.  It was big – gigantic, cavernous, immeasurable,
inordinate, elephantine
 It was bad – defective, questionable, hazardous,
wasteful, dreary, ghastly shocking
 It was beautiful – exquisite, splendid, enchanting,
wonderous, magnificent
 It was good – delightful, unspoiled, virtuous, excellent,
proficient, beneficial, advantageous

9. WORDS FOR HEIGHT
 about 5 feet 8 inches tall, dwarfish, medium height, short, squat, stunted, tall,
towering, very tall
WORDS FOR EYES
 beady, beautiful, big, bleary, blind, blood-shot, blue , bright, clear, close-set,
cross-eyed, dark-eyed, deep, deep-set, dim, drowsy, glittering, large, mean,
narrow, red-eyed, shallow, sharp, shifty, shining, sleepy, squint-eyed, stormy ,
teary, thoughtful, twinkling, watery
WORDS FOR LIPS
 black , full , pink, pouting, rosy, rough , smiling, snarling, soft, thick, thin ,
wrinkled, pendulous
WORDS FOR NOSE
 Big, bony , broken, bulbous, delicate, flared, flat , fleshy , fractured, hooked,
jutting, large, long, lumpy, mean, pinched, pudgy, pug, red, roman, sharp, small,
straight, thick, tiny, uneven, upturned, warty

10. Mix and match words to form a
description
I saw a tall burly man with dark
glasses, in an oversized grey tattered
overcoat, waiting morosely near an oak
tree, picking his rather bulbous nose
absently. The cigar, growing out of

11. Our five senses are all we have
to experience the world.
Words create understanding.
Words create feelings.
Use them to create images, empathy, provoke, evoke,
influence, entertain, and inspire.
Sight. Smell. Sound. Touch. Taste.

12. acidy gaseous reeking
acrid heady rotten
aromatic mildewed savory
balmy moldy scented
briny musty sharp
burnt odorous sickly
damp perfumed sour
dank piney spicy
earthy pungent spoiled
fishy putrid stagnant
fragrant rancid sweet
fresh

13.  1. GIVING REASONS
I have a terrible headache today because.....
 2. GIVING EXAMPLES
Indian festivals are a lot of fun. For example.....
 TELLING A STORY
A friend in need is a friend in deed. There was once.......
 4. TELLING THE HISTORY
Now we instantly write letters using email. Earlier......
 5. STEP BY STEP EXPLANATIONS
I know how to make a kite/ send an email/ find the way to Bandra.
First we...
And many more..............

14.  Plot
 Character
 Setting
 Conflict
 Resolution

15.  Place
 Time
 Period
 Weather
 Landscape
 Political and social conditions
 Phrasing Page 30

16.  Did you know????
In a ghost story the story line
can be a thin one?
 It’s all about the atmosphere
 It’s about the build up of tension
 It’s about the setting
 It’s about menace
 It’s all about pace
 It’s how you end it

17. Apparition, alarm, bizarre, bats, chimes, cringe, creepy, chilling,
disgusting, dreadful, devilish, dire, dangerous, doomed, eerie,
fearsome, frightening, footprints, ghastly, gasp, grotesque,
growing, glowering, gruesome, ghoulish, hostile, invisible, muffled,
maliciously, macabre, menacing, mysterious, ominous, rattling,
scarily, shrieking ,screams, superhuman, skeletons, shadows,
spectral, superstitious, spooky, spine chilling, supernatural,
shudder, sinister, terror, tremble, terrifying, threatening, tomb,
threateningly, unearthly, unnatural, uncanny, unexplainable, weird
and many more……………

18. Science fiction lends itself to a lot of ………
science of course 
Authentic sci-fi stories are exciting
because they are part fact and part fiction.
The science prefix suffix list lends itself
to overall vocabulary building.

19.  Reporting pg 92
 Discussion pg 106
 Argument pg 114
 Persuasion pg 132

20. Hundreds of words for the writer to choose from and
build vocabulary
Adverbs
Clearly, consequently, eventually, extraordinarily, indisputably,
ineluctably, inescapably, instantly, irrefutably , irreparably,
irrevocably , obviously, overwhelmingly, prohibitively, summarily,
therefore, triumphantly , ultimately , unarguably, undoubtedly,
unequivocally, unerringly, unstintingly, verily
Adjectives
Capricious, cadaverous, calumnious, efficient, elated, elfin ,
decorous, demented, demonic fallacious, fanatical, feigned,
beleaguered, belligerent, benign, besmirched, lamentable,
languorous, languid, lithe, paltry, parched, parsimonious, vacuous,
verdant, vivacious, nascent, nebulous, nonchalant, sweltering,

21.  Rational and
emotional arguments
 Research and logic
 Rebuttal using facts
 Fallacies
Language of disagreement is a life skill

22. Types of persuasion:
Advertisements Speeches
Letters Dialogues & conversations
The vocabulary of persuasion
The register of persuasion
Persuasion is a life skill

23. Being another person…..
Being a thing…
First person feelings, events, attitudes, hopes,
fears, ambitions…….

24.  Features and types of poetry
 The grammar of poetry and versification
 Devices of poetry – figures of speech
 Beautiful words
 Language of poetry analysis and criticism

25. By substituting a shade word for a primary, secondary
or tertiary colour, writing becomes magical
Aquamarine, sapphire, amethyst, vermillion,
beryl, lilac,
fuchsia, azure, salmon, olive, lemon,
ebony, ivory,
strawberry, biscuit, chocolate, leaf, moss,
tan,

26. Glisten, goblet, chalice, delight, blossom,
cascade, drizzle, dusk, fawn, flower,
flame, fragile, hue, honey, glow, jasmine,
lavender, linen, peacock, glimmer, moss,
musk, mauve, sheen, sunshine, violet,
silver, vanilla, whisper, velvet, snowflake,
satin, rainbow, mellow, talisman, silken,
lace, tranquil.

27.  Decide the genre….
 Recognise diction
 Recognise register
 Positive and negative words
 Connotations

28.  What is drama?
 Features and examples of drama
 Types of drama:
Comedy
Tragedy
History
Experimental theatre
 Terminology of drama
 How to analyze drama

29.  What is style, tone, voice, persona, syntax,
register, diction ?
 The language of literary appreciation

30. Usable lists of :
 Prefixes and suffixes
 Compound words
 Homophones
 Portmanteau
 Clipping
 Abbreviations
 Acronyms
 Word webs
 Synonyms

31. Word lists with meanings from:
 Greek mythology
 Bible and Shakespeare
 Latinate phrases
 Old English words
 Foreign words
 American English

32. Notes on examination skills
 Skimming
 Scanning
 Key ideas
 Supporting statements
 Note making
 Summary writing
 Internet research

33.  Problems with colloquialism and slang
 Grammar and punctuation rules
 Proof reading
 How to avoid Writer’s block

34.  Students can use the book in class to
facilitate their writing with individual copies.
 Students can use the book all through their
school and college years.
 It is an excellent teaching tool for teachers
where the book becomes an instructional
resource and a homework task giver.

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