“Innovative and invaluable…use this book as your college lifeline.”
— Lynn O'Shaughnessy
Nationally Recognized College Expert
October 15, 2024
The NHL isn’t known, as other pro sports leagues are, for awarding its players exorbitantly wealthy contracts. See: Shohei Ohtani, who last off-season inked a $700 million deal with...
October 14, 2024
The insurmountable quest of finding the right kind of coffee table book. You’ve come to this page because you’re considering buying that certain, tailored book for someone (or yourself),...
October 12, 2024
Whoever said defense wins championships never read the box scores of these games. Sure, we’ve all seen the occasional four-overtime thriller, but have you seen the 220-point Georgia Tech...
October 11, 2024
For artists who take their craft seriously, attending one of the best art schools in the world is no small feat. With renowned faculty, groundbreaking lectures, and access to...
October 8, 2024
Anchor charts are visual and interactive teaching tools that can help to ground—or anchor—students in class content while they learn. Anchor charts can be poster-sized and placed throughout the...
Best Computer Science Schools in Canada – Computer science is a growing and dynamic field. Students with a degree in computer science are well-equipped to work for top companies...
October 7, 2024
What are the best baseball colleges and stadiums in the country? Well, it depends on what we mean by “best”. Is “best” just another way of saying “winningest”? Obviously,...
Snap! Buzz! Wham! What are these words? And why do they represent so well the sounds that they represent? Well, those words are called onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia means the formation of...
October 3, 2024
Alliteration always ameliorates average aural assemblages! Or, in other words, alliteration always makes your writing sound better. Just kidding, it might not. But, alliteration can help you to express...
Best Audiobooks of All Time – Something happens when you stop reading from the page and you begin listening to the story being read to you. If the voice...
Phrasal verbs are extremely common in English (and other Germanic languages) – especially in less formal settings. Simply put, a phrasal verb is a verb phrase (Continue for full...
October 1, 2024
You’ve probably heard the saying that “English is not a language, it’s three languages wearing a trench coat pretending to be one.” And it’s true – English is a...
Before we get to our 60 metaphor examples, a metaphor is a figure of speech and a form of figurative language in which one thing is said to be...
September 30, 2024
If you’ve ever written a text to the tune of It’s such a happy day! or That outfit seems a little desperate, doesn’t it? then you’ve used personification. Quite simply,...
September 28, 2024
Whether you are a language arts teacher or not, limericks are a great way to get your students thinking creatively and offer an engaging brain break. Because limericks follow...
September 27, 2024
Famous College Dropouts – Here you are, preparing for college, writing a million personal essays, taking the SAT, trying to be your best self. Why? Just so some college...
This article will provide a scene-by-scene summary of Beowulf. If you’re like me, you probably have only the vaguest memory of studying Beowulf in high school. You might remember...
September 26, 2024
Going undefeated in college football is an incredibly challenging feat, especially in the modern era. Teams must win 13, 14, or even 15 consecutive games, consistently performing at a...
Brain Breaks for High School Students – Decades of research show that taking breaks is beneficial for the brain. It’s specifically important for those brains that are still developing....
September 24, 2024
If you’re a teacher building a classroom built on student-centered pedagogy—where your students and their abilities help to determine the pace and breadth of the learning environment—you have to...
