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ILLUSTRATION BY LANCE LEKANDER

One Word, Three Ways: Pitch

Meet Word Nerd! He loves nothing more than finding a word he can use in different ways. This time his word is: Pitch

From the December/January 2021 Issue

Did you know that pitch can mean

  • “to offer an idea of something new so that people will like it,”
  • “to toss or throw,”
  • or “the highness or lowness of a sound”?

 Word Nerd shows you how!

Illustration by Lance Lekander

"I pitched a new song for our school’s winter concert, but it didn’t go well."

Illustration by Lance Lekander

"My sister even tried to pitch my microphone into the trash! But my music teacher is teaching me to sing on pitch for next time!"


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