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The new word game sensation is now a book for kids that will help them develop a love of words and language. Thousands of high school students and their parents have taken the American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon challenge in books designed for high school freshmen and high school graduates. Now elementary school wordsmiths can test their vocabulary skills too, with a Define-a-Thon book just for them.The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for Kids is arranged in two parts: a quiz section followed by an answers section. In the quiz section, contestants are given a definition along with four candidate words, only one of which is correct. The other words are usually similar in form or sound to the correct word, making the challenge tricky and thought-provoking.The answers section reveals the correct answer in dictionary format, gives a brief word history, and explains what the incorrect answers mean.Kids will also see the correct words in example sentences or in quotations from well-known books assigned in elementary school such as A Wrinkle in Time, The Hobbit, and The Indian in the Cupboard.This book offers a fun way for young students to get interested in and learn new words. A strong vocabulary will stand them in good stead throughout their lives, in school and beyond.

The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Freshman offers an entertaining way to help middle-schoolers and students entering high school become vocabulary masters. Written by the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries, this book will encourage students and parents alike to energize their word power. The book has two parts—a challenge section and an answers section. Each question in the challenge section consists of a definition along with four candidate words, of which only one is correct. The answers section gives the correct answer and shows that word in an example sentence. It also provides word histories and quotations by respected authors. All the candidate words are defined, and there is a separate list of the correct answers for quick look-up. The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Freshman offers a fun and easy way for anyone who enjoys language to get on good terms with some useful new words and to appreciate the importance of a strong vocabulary.