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5 Awkward Summer Situations That Will Probably Definitely Happen To You

Elodie — Tue, 16 May 2023 15:57:31 +0000

“I hate summer and the vast freedom and warm weather that accompany it,” says nobody. Face it, summer’s great. There are, however, some awkward situations that are pretty much summer-specific, and at least 60% of continue reading

Answer These 7 Questions and We’ll Tell You How You’ll Do on Your AP Exams

Elodie — Mon, 08 May 2023 19:07:11 +0000

The time is now. After a whole year, multiple breakdowns, and countless practice DBQs, it’s time to finally discover just what it is you learned in all those AP classes you only took because your continue reading

Better Names for All the Poems You’ll Have to Read in English Class

Elodie — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:00:39 +0000

Have you ever read a poem before? I’m guessing you have. If you liked it, good news: there’s plenty more where that came from! If you hated it, well, I’ve got some good news for continue reading

QUIZ: Is This a Taylor Swift Lyric or a Quote by Edgar Allan Poe?

Elodie — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:07:32 +0000

Pop sensation Taylor Swift. Spooky poet Edgar Allan Poe. Sometimes, I can scarcely tell them apart. Can you?

QUIZ: Which Shakespearean Archetype Are You?

Elodie — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Are you the Shakespearean fool? The bastard prince? The beautiful heroine who’s so beautiful she has to die? Don’t worry—there’s an archetype for everyone.

QUIZ: Which Julius Caesar Character Matches Your Personality?

Elodie — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:03:09 +0000

Like many of Shakespeare’s works, Julius Caesar is a play that is approximately 20% historical inaccuracies and 80% just people with daggers running around making poor decisions. And even if you’ve never actually betrayed a continue reading

QUIZ: Which Jane Austen Suitor Would You Be Most Compatible With?

Elodie — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Forget real people. Real people don’t text you back, they have incorrect opinions about the latest episode of Riverdale, and they continue using your HBO Go password long after you’ve decided to stop seeing each continue reading

QUIZ: Can You Guess the Book from a Bad One-Sentence Summary?

Elodie — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:48:16 +0000

We get it. You know books. You know them by their first sentence, by their last sentence, probably by their fourth sentence of the seventh paragraph in the twenty-eighth chapter. But would you know them by continue reading

The 7 Worst Couples in Literature

Elodie — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:59:04 +0000

Think of the worst couple you know. Do they break up and get back together at least twice a week? Do they share a Facebook account? Are they constantly making passive-aggressive digs at each other continue reading

Did Zac Efron Star in Romeo and Juliet in 1968? An Investigation

Elodie — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:57:54 +0000

Obviously the answer is no. No, Zac Efron did not star in a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1968; he was born in 1987, nearly twenty years after the fact. That would be continue reading