Can you really learn the high-level vocabulary words affable and pariah from the Family Guy movie? Did Bruce Wayne use the word sycophantic in Batman Begins? The answer is “Yes!” So, see if you can Name That Movie! as you test your movie trivia knowledge and learn more than 1,000 SAT, ACT, GED, and GRE vocabulary words taken from Step Brothers, Knocked Up, 300, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Iron Man, and more!
• 100 excerpts from popular comedy and action movies
• Attempt to name the movie, describe the scene, and define the bolded vocabulary words
• Get hints and check your answers against the solutions provided
• Learn synonyms and memorization tools throughout the workbook
Can you really learn the high-level vocabulary words martinet and absolution from the movie Titanic? Did Captain Jack Sparrow use the words macabre, belligerent, and superfluous in Pirates of the Caribbean movies? And can you learn the words inauspicious, inane, and capricious from the Twilight movies? The answer is “Yes!” So, see if you can Name That Movie! as you test your movie trivia knowledge and learn more than 1,000 SAT, ACT, GED, and GRE vocabulary words from Mean Girls, The Notebook, Wedding Crashers, Pride & Prejudice, Miss Congeniality, Shrek, and more!
• 100 excerpts from popular romantic comedy and drama movies
• Attempt to name the movie, describe the scene, and define the bolded vocabulary words
• Get hints and check your answers against the solutions provided
• Learn synonyms and memorization tools throughout the workbook
What I Can Tell You:
I think this is pretty damn cool! If you like trivia and love reading, these books are awesome. There are over 100 movie quotes and over 1000 vocabulary words in each book.
As someone who loves to read and loves trivia games, I found this to be a great way to learn.
Brian's approach to learning works. Imagine being in middle school with the coolest English Teacher who teaches vocabulary using words from your favorite movies. How many kids would love and excel in English?!
The books are set up where you read the lines from the characters (the vocabulary words are bolded), then you test your wit. Name the movie, the scene and answer what the word might mean. Then you flip the page to see how you did.
The back of the book has a glossary of all the vocabulary words in the book.
What a great way for friends to test each other. Maybe if I read these books, I would no longer need to call myself the Amateur Book Reviewer. Huh?!
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About Brian Leaf
Brian Leaf, M.A., is the author of six books, including Defining Twilight and the four-book SAT and ACT test-prep series McGraw-Hill’s Top 50 Skills. He is Director of the New Leaf Learning Center in Massachusetts, and has provided SAT, ACT, GED, SSAT, and GRE preparation to thousands of students from throughout the United States.
Brian graduated from Georgetown University in 1993 with a B.A. in Business, English, and Theology. In 1999, he completed a Masters through Lesley College specializing in Holistic Therapies for Attention Deficit Disorder. Brian is a member of the American School Counselor Association and the Massachusetts School Counselors Association and works with the Georgetown University Office of Undergraduate Admissions as an alumni interviewer. Brian is also a certified yoga instructor and avid meditator.
Head over to Brian's website to find out more about him and all of his books.
Disclosure: Cooler than receiving complimentary copies of both books. I was floored to receive an email from Brian Leaf, asking if I wanted copies. If you are an avid reader like me, you absolutely get how crazy it is to be contacted by an author. I will never get tired of it.
These books sound so nerdy--right up my alley!!!
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