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It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech


by Marvin Terban
by Giulio Maestro

List Price: $7.95
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Sales Rank: 72883
Studio: Sandpiper
Binding: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: October 18, 1993
Publisher: Sandpiper


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
An introduction to six common figures of speech -- metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole -- with guidelines for their use and numerous illustrative examples.


CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)

Loved the use of examples from quality literature!  
This is a fun book. The chapters aren't too long are loaded with examples, many from classic literature. He gives exercises in each chapter so you can create some fun figures of speech for yourself. The illustrations are great!
October 10, 2001


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