A Basic Guide to Allegory When I first read the “Allegory of the Cave” as a senior in high school, it changed my life, cementing Plato as my favorite ancient philosopher and confirming my choice to major in English in college. I wanted to be one of the...
All You Need To Know About Irony A little over a month ago, one of my teeth broke while I was flossing. It was an unexpected outcome because flossing is supposed to help keep your teeth healthy. That’s irony. When my tooth broke, it was the Friday night of a...
Commonly Confused Words: Empathy vs. Sympathy If you have ever had to try to explain the difference between two words that are very similar, I have empathy for you. That’s the situation that I find myself in at the moment trying to explain empathy vs. sympathy,...
Commonly Confused Words: Led vs. Lead The question of whether to use led vs. lead is a conundrum that can trip up even experienced writers. The reason for the difficulty is that both homophones and homographs are at play. Pronounced “leed,” lead can serve...
Commonly Confused Words: Altogether vs. All Together The 1980 movie “Airplane!” has a famous scene in which two members of the flight crew are trying to convince a former Air Force pilot with a phobia to land the plane because the captain has food...
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