The phrase “my brother’s keeper” is a reference to the Biblical story of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis. It is generally understood to mean being responsible for the welfare of a brother or other sibling or, by extension, for other human beings in general. Cain, who is quoted as having made this…
There are actually more than three words which end in -gry, but almost all of them have fallen out of common usage. The two words ending in -gry which have survived and are still commonly used are both adjectives: hungry and angry. When this particular brain teaser was first created, at least two other words…
Boston University is the home of psycholinguistics professor Jean Berko Gleason, who created the wug test in 1958 as a linguistics tool for testing how well children had learned the so-called “morphemes” associated with making nouns plural or verbs past tense. This process entails showing a child a series of fictional scenarios — like the…
The phrase “home, James,” has a relatively short and obscure history. It is a widely understood phrase used by a passenger to his or her driver, telling the driver to take him or her home. It has since become a cliché that spawned an early 20th century movie and a pair of songs. It ultimately…
Contemporary literature is a vast group of written works produced from a specific time in history through the current age. This literary era defines a time period, but it also describes a particular style and quality of writing. Some see this period as an extension of postmodern literature, but most refer to it as a…
Dramatic poetry, also known as dramatic verse or verse drama, is a written work that both tells a story and connects the reader to an audience through emotions or behavior. A form of narrative closely related to acting, it usually is performed physically and can be either spoken or sung. Normally, it uses a set…
Schools, like many other organizations, tend to follow standard organizational structures. They have a definite hierarchy and clear boundaries as to which employees or departments are responsible for various tasks involved in school operation. As with businesses and nonprofit organizations, the organizational structure of a school outlines who reports to whom and who is responsible…
You have been preparing for this moment for years. You studied hard in school, made sacrifices, and it paid off eventually. Then, you bought all the best MCAT prep books or prep courses from princeton and other online companies, and studied even more while the rest of your friends relaxed and took it easy. You finally completed your test, but you’re…
LSAT scoring isn’t nearly as straightforward as it seems. Contrary to popular belief. LSAT scores alone aren’t the only measurements taken into account by leading law schools. Percentile rankings and soft skills are also considered alongside LSAT scores, along with extracurricular activities, work experience and so on. Still, it goes without saying that your application won’t even get through…
Do you know what SAT percentiles are? Do you wish to understand them so that you can come up with an excellent target score? If you recently sat for the SAT, you might want to understand the SAT score percentiles to decide if you will retake the test. Understanding the percentiles is also vital in…
By now, you should already have a good idea that you need to learn how to write an argumentative essay for AP Lang if you want to get your free college credits from the course. It’s a major component for the course, so you certainly have to master writing this kind of essay if you…
When taking the multiple-choice section of the exam, you will encounter over 50 AP Lang rhetorical devices. Though that might seem like an intimidating number, we can break them into more manageable chunks. Luckily, the AP Lang exam prefers some rhetorical devices over others and we can use this to our advantage so we can…