It Figures!

Fun Figures of Speech

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Author:

Terban, Marvin

Illustrator:

Maestro, Giulio

ISBN:

978-0-547-76990-5

Publication Date:

Oct 1993

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

Clarion Books

Book Format:

Ebook

List Price:

USD $7.95

Book 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.

Book Details

Pages:	64
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Nonfiction / Language Arts / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Style Manuals Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric

Author Biography

Terban, Marvin (Author)

Giulio Maestro was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Cooper Union in New York City. He worked in advertising for five years before becoming an illustrator.

Since 1969, he has illustrated more than 125 books for young readers including numerous nonfiction books with his wife Betsy. He is also the author of a number of stories and riddle collections including The Tortoise's Tug of War. He has co-authored several books with his son Marco including What Do You Hear When Cows Sing and Other Silly Riddles and Geese Find the Missing Piece: School Time Riddle Rhymes.

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