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  1. Candlepower

     Does "Reach Out" Overreach?
    Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    If you want to stir up interest in your blog post or online article, start a discussion about "corporate jargon we all hate" or "buzzwords to be banished." Your readers will oblige with a flood of submissions: "best practices," "value proposition," "change agent," "metrics," and so on. Eventually, and inevitably, someone will offer up a verb phrase that, to innocent ears, sounds like ordinary English: reach out. And the yelps of outraged affirmation will commence.

  2. Teachers at Work

     The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
    Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015
    In my last column, I asked several multi-published authors this question: What advice do you wish your English teacher would have given you? Now, in this column, I'm going to share the answers to the second question I asked: What was the most important thing you learned in your English class that had a lasting impact?

  3. Blog Excerpts

     Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
    Thu Mar 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    Some words that have fallen into disuse are due for a revival. Recently, the blog Jezebel compiled "18 uncommon or obsolete words that we think may have died early," including curglaff ("the shock felt in bathing when one first plunges into the cold water") and resistentialism (the seemingly spiteful behavior shown by inanimate objects). Check out the complete list here.

  4. Lesson Plans

     Figurative Language in Toni Morrison's "A Mercy"
    Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2009
    How can the Visual Thesaurus help students interpret figurative language in Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy?

  5. Evasive Maneuvers

     French Hugging Citizen Scientists in Unscripted Times
    Fri Aug 07 09:00:00 EDT 2020
    Whether you're living in uncertain times or unscripted times — we have a euphemism to distract you from all the uncertainties life has to offer.

  6. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition
    Fri Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2012
    This month we have another devilish word-chain crossword puzzle to beguile you! Follow the chain of synonyms and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt.

  7. Wordshop

     SAT Reading Scores Keep Declining: What Should Teachers Do?
    Wed Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    Last week, the College Board reported that SAT reading scores have reached an all-time low. The Class of 2011's SAT reading scores dipped another three points from the previous year (down to 497), and that makes it a whopping 33-point drop since 1972. The bleak news should leave teachers and administrators taking a hard look at how we are preparing students (or not) for the skills that are tested on the reading section of standardized exams.

  8. Candlepower

     When Less Is More: Twitter for Writers
    Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2008

    Advice to aspiring writers usually includes these words: "Write more." More words. More pages. More chapters, poems, articles.

    But I have a different suggestion: To become a better writer, write less.

    No, not less frequently. But with fewer words. Lots fewer. As in... no more than 140 characters' worth.

    What? And why?

  9. Wordshop

     Long Live the Analogy
    Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2011
    The College Board abandoned the analogy as a SAT vocabulary question type in 2005. Those of us who remember taking SAT-style analogies are either nostalgic for the short word puzzles or are still traumatized by the sight of those tricky pairs of words mysteriously situated between single and double colons.

  10. Word Count

     Our Favorite Writers
    Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015
    All readers have favorite writers, writers whom we know and love, writers whose company we enjoy though we may never meet, writers who, we feel sure, know and love us back, who understand what we think and feel.
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