RIP Tom Clancy, who kept us on the edge of our seats as we plowed through his many adrenaline-producing books. Anyone looking to write action and suspense might take a gander at his prose, mining his language for an understanding of how to make a reader see characters in motion and get inside the mind of a fighting man.
As a tribute, we offer A Tom Clancy Primer, a Vocabulary List of 20 words from Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October, as our List of the Week.
Teachers: Looking for more literature-based Vocabulary Lists? Find them here and check back often. Our curriculum development team adds new lists every week. Or get started on making your own lists with a short video "Vocabulary Lists Made Quick and Easy" and blog post "Six Steps to Better List Making."
