Tom P.
Subscriber since: October 2008
Location: Bowling Green, KY
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Wordy at best and worst
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Favorite Word:

exegesis
Cuts to quick, quickly.
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Least Favorite Word:

tax assessment
Horrid, loathful, distasteful etc.
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Favorite Quote:

"Always remember and never forget, no matter where you go there you are."
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Favorite Topics:

Creativity:

Naming the Name of the Year
April 11, 2018
She Created a Monster
January 1, 2018 - 3 Comments

Fiction writing:

Do You Agree With These Quotes About Writing?
November 17, 2017 - 5 Comments
Seven Strategies for Banishing Your Perfectionism
November 27, 2015 - 2 Comments

How to write:

26 Fantastic No-cost Tools for Writers
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 19, 2018 - 3 Comments
Here's a Non-Resolution That Could Change Your Writing Life
January 18, 2018 - 4 Comments

Language arts:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014 - 4 Comments

Marketing copy:

The Story of -o
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 12, 2018 - 11 Comments
The Mixed Culture of Highly Sensitive Hokum
December 7, 2017 - 3 Comments

Poetry:

In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014 - 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014 - 1 Comment

Reading:

Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 2, 2018 - 2 Comments
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017 - 1 Comment

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Students:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 12 Comments

Teaching:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015 - 2 Comments

Web tools:

Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011 - 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011 - 4 Comments

Words:

First Past the Post
May 1, 2017 - 3 Comments
Crisp, Crispy, Krispy, Krispies
February 13, 2017 - 6 Comments

Writing:

Why Writers Should Walk More
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 19, 2018 - 4 Comments
26 Fantastic No-cost Tools for Writers
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 19, 2018 - 3 Comments

Young readers:

How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013 - 4 Comments