Part Ⅰ:THE RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY FOR WRITERS AND READERS 1
ContentsAcknowledgments 6
Introduction 7
Pronunciation Key 11
Part Ⅱ:SPECIAL ENTRIES 359
Book Publishing Terms 361
Parts of a Book 363
Footnote Abbreviations 364
Accent and Symbol Terms 365
Libel 366
Fair Use 368
Blurb Adjectives 370
Prose-Descriptive Adjectives 372
Authorial Adjectives 373
Dialogue Verbs 376
Journalistic Attribution and Evasion 378
Propaganda Devices 380
Advertising Weasel Words 383
Newsroom Headline Jargon 385
Mixed Metaphors 387
The Language of Comic Double-talk 389
Irish Bulls 392
Word-Game Words 394
Grammar Adjectives 398
Scholarly(Bibliographic)Terms 400
Rhetoric Terms 402
Bookish Appellations 405
Readability:The Fog Index 407
Some Additional Literary Terms 409