I'd like to impress my english teacher at school by presenting my
essay work with an astonishing array of vocabulary. Is there any one
best way I should go about doing this, so that I can learn a lot of
words in a short time and have them come to mind automatically at my
disposal whenever I need them? I mean, so that they come naturally to
my head and not unnaturally, as opposed just writing random synonyms
that don't really fit the context. I enjoy reading and have been doing
that lots, and that seems to have improved my word power, especially
as a youngster when I read favorite tales such as 'Harry Potter' or
'The Lord of the Rings'. I also keep a dictionary at hand so that I
can check whenever there's a word I couldn't understand and that has
made a significant and rapid impact.

Is there any suggestions you guys can make, or anything you personally
found most effective? Thanks!

At 04:51:32 on Tue, 6 May 2008, Zetsu  
wrote in 
:

>Is there any suggestions you guys can make,

*Are* there any suggestions...
-- 
Molly Mockford
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On Wed, 7 May 2008 01:27:50 +0100, Molly Mockford wrote:

> At 04:51:32 on Tue, 6 May 2008, Zetsu  
> wrote in 
> :
> 
>>Is there any suggestions you guys can make,
> 
> *Are* there any suggestions...

Read, read, read, and read.....

That's how most people with a wide vocabulary tend to acquire said wide
vocabulary.

-- 
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

Zetsu wrote:
> I'd like to impress my english teacher at school by presenting my
> essay work with an astonishing array of vocabulary. Is there any one
> best way I should go about doing this, so that I can learn a lot of
> words in a short time and have them come to mind automatically at my
> disposal whenever I need them? 

Buy Roget's Thesaurus, plus a good English dictionary like Chamber's. 
Get a book of crosswords e.g. 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guardian-Book-Quick-Crosswords-Crossword/dp/1843540053, 
and finish them and understand the answers.

If you don't get failed for never handing any work in, then take time to 
consider whether the best way to communicate is to use a vast and 
artificial vocabulary, or to use a natural vocabulary effectively.

JS

* Zetsu wrote:
> I'd like to impress my english teacher at school by presenting my
> essay work with an astonishing array of vocabulary. Is there any one
> best way I should go about doing this, so that I can learn a lot of
> words in a short time and have them come to mind automatically at my
> disposal whenever I need them? I mean, so that they come naturally to
> my head and not unnaturally, as opposed just writing random synonyms
> that don't really fit the context. I enjoy reading and have been doing
> that lots, and that seems to have improved my word power, especially
> as a youngster when I read favorite tales such as 'Harry Potter' or
> 'The Lord of the Rings'. I also keep a dictionary at hand so that I
> can check whenever there's a word I couldn't understand and that has
> made a significant and rapid impact.
> 
> Is there any suggestions you guys can make, or anything you personally
> found most effective? Thanks!

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