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The Visual Thesaurus is an animated display of
words and meanings a visual representation
of the English language.
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With the Visual Thesaurus you can

• Find the right word and explore
• Improve your grasp of the English language
• Hear words pronounced correctly
• Understand the relationships between English
  words and meanings
• Expand your search to the Internet
• Check spelling

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See how the Visual Thesaurusworks with the
following step-by-step Product TourView the
interactive version of this Product Tour
athttp//wwwvisualthesaurus.com/tour/load.html
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To start using the Visual Thesaurus, type a word
in the search box
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and click LOOK IT UP.
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To listen to the audio pronunciation of the
center word, click the speaker icon next to it.
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You can click on any word to make it the new
center and see the words and meaning related to
it.
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Clicking on exercise will make it the new
center, revealing its definitions and word
relationships.
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With the Visual Thesaurus, you can filter by
parts of speech. For example, turn off nouns by
clicking the off button next to nouns.
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By turning off nouns, you have simplified your
results to display the verb meaning and word
relationships of exercise only.
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With the Visual Thesaurus, you can search words
or meanings (represented by circles).
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Roll over a meaning (circle) to see its
definition and usage examples. Bring it to the
center by clicking on it to make the meaning, not
the word, the center of your search.
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The Visual Thesaurus reveals many types of word
relationships. Synonyms are connected by solid
lines. Dashed lines show other types of
relationships.
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Roll over a dashed line to learn what kind of
relationship is being revealed.
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The meanings on the screen are listed on the
right, in the Meanings List, organized by parts
of speech.
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Rolling over a meaning in the list is the same as
rolling over its circle in the main display.
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You may right click (command click on Mac) to
reveal a pop-up menu showing optional actions
that may be taken on a word or meaning.
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Actions include Pronounce Word, Search Internet
(for content), Search for Images (internet
images), Expand Selection (revealing more words
and relationships), Make Center (the same as a
single click).
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For example, Search for Images will pull up
Google Images of the word in question.
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At any time, you may look up another word by
typing it into the search box. Not sure how to
spell it?...
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The word suggestions panel will open. (At any
time, additional word suggestions are available.)
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You may turn on Help and roll over items on the
interface to reveal navigational tips.
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The help tool tips will explain what you are
looking at and what actions you may take to
proceed.
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You may open the settings panel to adjust
display, relationships, dictionary, languages,
and much more.
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Simply click on Settings to open the panel and
reveal your options.
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The settings panel has many sub-panels where you
can control various aspects of how the Visual
Thesaurus works, allowing for a customized and
user-friendly experience.
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For example, simply move the Font Size slider
to the right to increase the font size.
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Press apply to apply the changes and close the
settings panel. Once you have applied the
settings you prefer, you may save your changes,
creating a personalized, customized, default
view.
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The Visual Thesaurus benefits students of all
ages.

• The Visual Thesaurus can be incorporated in a
  broad
• range of curricula from elementary school to
  college
• and continuing education courses.
• Educational accounts include the ability for
  central administrators to choose settings and
  displays appropriate for their educational
  purpose and use.

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Curricular Use

• Elementary Education (grades 3-8)
• Secondary Education (grades 9-12)
• University Education
• Secondary Literacy
• Gifted/Talented
• Remedial Education
• Continuing Education
• Online Teacher Resources!
• Student Workbook Included!

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Elementary Curriculum

• Explore parts of speech
• Turn on/off nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
• Explore words that are used in multiple ways
• Explore and construct sample sentences
• Explore antonyms and synonyms
• Practice basic word replacement exercises
• Explore basic word relationships
• See also
• Similar to
• Use in introductory composition
• Use for vocabulary building
• This is just the beginning of a life-long visual
  and interactive relationship with the English
  language!

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Secondary Curriculum

• Review correct use of sentence elements
• Build advanced vocabulary
• Use for composition
• Use for reading comprehension
• Explore advanced word relationships
• Is derived from (fond/fondly)
• Is a participle of (applied/apply)
• Pertains to academic/academia
• Entails snore/sleep
• Verb group harmonize/jibe
• Attribute light/weight

In addition to weeks worth of assignments, build
special assignments around remedial learners or
encourage exploration by gifted and talented
students
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Administrator/Educator Features

• Standards ComplianceThe Visual Thesaurus helps
  teachers and students meet educational standards
  as set forth by IRA, NETS, NCLB etc., as well
  State Standards.
• Teachers Guide and Student WorkbookWe offer a
  Teachers Guide and Student Workbook designed to
  improve reading, writing, and vocabulary skills.
  These lessons can be used as the basis for
  integrating the Visual Thesaurus into your
  curriculum.
• Administrator Control of Content FilteringAs an
  administrator, you decide which of the four
  levels of content filtering is appropriate for
  your students.

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Quotes from the Educational Press

• Once again, my favorite of the show was not the
  latest hardware gadget or
• some technology wonder it was in fact a small
  little English utility that just
• astounded me. The Visual Thesaurus is just what
  I need to get students
• excited about learning vocabulary.
• Tech Edge
• The Visual Thesaurus is a superbly conceived and
  designed piece of software
• that is as addictive as it is useful, and is
  suited to ages ten to adult.
• ITC For Education
• an engaging way to explore the English
  Language.
• Magazine Education and Reference
• A.
• Education World

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Quotes from Educators

• What a great way to project similar words for my
  students!
• It is a informative site, designed beautifully
  and is above expectations. Thanks for providing
  us with such a helpful tool.
• I was doing homework with my 11 year old son and
  he was dealing with synonyms I looked up your
  site on the web and...WOW. What a great site. It
  made his learning really fun. It was great and
  easy to use. Thank you so much.
• "Wow! I'm an English teacher who is also an ESL
  tutor... This is just what I've been looking for
  Great job..."
• "The Visual Thesaurus is a revelation more than
  an aid in finding the right word, it also assists
  in making the appropriate, and often unexpected,
  connections. The program's think maps literally
  clarify one's thought processes and spark one's
  creativity

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We offer two options for unlimited access

• Desktop Edition

Online Edition
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Online Edition

• Simply go to http//www.visualthesaurus.com/online
  
• No need to install software
• Updates/Upgrades included
• Internet Connection required
• Educator Resources available online
• Language Lounge (a monthly column for word
  lovers)
• Tips and Tricks (useful tips that will help you
  get the most our of your Visual Thesaurus
  subscription)
• Get access to our International Edition (Beta
  Version) Search and View Results in English,
  Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish
• Priced from only 1.25 to 0.20 per user
• Multi-year licenses available at deep discounts.

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Desktop Edition

• Installed on your computer
• Hybrid PC/Macintosh CD-ROM shipped to you
• Perfect for small classrooms and labs
• Internet connection optional
• Priced from only 29.95 to 9.95 per computer
• Software ownership vs. online licensing
• Educator resources available at
  www.visualthesaurus.com.

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Get excited about words with Visual
Thesaurus!Available Online or via CD-ROM
VISUAL THESAURUS phone. [phone] fax.
212.285.8999 web. www.visualthesaurus.com