About this title: An ingeniously imaginative alternative to stale word list books for building a strong vocabulary for the verbal sections of the SAT. The authors have created a mythical college and entangled the characters with a mystery reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe. A truly novel approach to SAT preparation.
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Description: Fair. 0156013827 Ex-library copy with usual markings. Pages are clean. Cover in good condition. Binding tight. Ships quickly. Seller Code JY. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780156013826ISBN:0156013827
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. straight and tight, a few circled words and asterisks, some corner wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. Harvest Test Preparation Book. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780156013826ISBN:0156013827
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
"Honestly, I found the plot extreamly BORING and POINTLESS. I felt that the authors relied on coincidences to escape from dealing with the lack of the plot. Although, I learned a couple of words from it, but I prefer SAT words lists. But anyways, if you are desperate and you need to augment your SAT vocab asap, I would strongly recommend it."
"My mom picked up Tooth and Nail as a way for me to learn vocabulary for the SAT in context rather than use flashcards for memorization.
However, I found that I knew most of the vocabulary. For example, on page 101, the words are thesis, advocates, ridicule, contempt, fabrication, pompous, obscure, virtually, alludes, and allegedly. Maybe I have a stellar vocabulary but this book didn't help me at all.
As for the story it's self, the word "childish" comes to mind. Or perhaps, you would prefer "adolescent," "infantile," or "juvenile." The book claims to be a "mesmerizing mystery" yet it too nineteen chapters for the "mesmerizing"-ness to start. And it was quickly wrapped up by chapter twenty-three with a bow."
"Very good. I'm learning a plethora of new words. It's gonna take me a while to read, though; I have to look up all the words I don't know before I read the chapter. Oh well, it's worth it."
"This book was helping me expand my vocabulary. But not for long. I don't think that anyone could have improved on the SAT by reading this book. The story is much similar to the Da Vinci Code, but I'd much rather read the Da Vinci Code for many reasons. At first, I thought this book was ingenious because I was reading and learning at the same time. The story was pretty good, so I praise the authors for even being able to incorporate all the vocabulary words in it.
There was one huge problem. There's 1,300 words in a 283 page story. Sure, I was able to make out most of the words without flipping to the back, but it still was too much. When I tried to do the exercises in the back, I was stumped. I asked myself, "What does that mean again?" The book itself was an okay idea, but each individual word only appears two times at most (According to my observations). After the 283 pages, I had already forgotten the vocabulary from page 1-280. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone."
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