Publisher's Synopsis
Carefully targeted to support secondary school students in extending vocabulary and improving spelling, punctuation, and grammar, this English Thesaurus for Schools has an easy-to-use, accessible layout, making it the perfect language resource for schoolwork and GCSE preparation. Key features include: • Vocabulary geared towards the KS3 curriculum and GCSEs • Highlights context and use, with lots of example sentences, to help children use language effectively • Panels on Word Webs, Writing Tips, and Overused Words to give hands-on support for students • Features a section drawing on 500 words to support children with creative writing • Spoken Language Study support with helpful labelling showing how words are used differently in different contexts and can create different effects • The perfect companion to the Oxford English Dictionary for Schools • Powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus - a unique electronic database of millions of words written by and for children
