Old & Wise (Alan Parsons Project)  Headmistress of the Academy, Maggie Marmalade The Academy of Tutorials and Word PuzzlesThis section of the Truth Tree was created by Le Critique This page was last modified on Monday, 10-May-2010 21:38:14 MDT Language Arts:Anagram - Try your hand at a word puzzle. Composition: Figures of Speech - Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, litote, metonomy, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, oxymoron. Cryptogram 1 - Can you decode the cipher? Cryptogram 2 - Tougher than the first! Grammar: Apostrophes - Learn how to use the ' properly. It's certain to improve your writing. Grammar: Over-the-Edge with Dangling Modifiers - Avoid common grammatical mistakes. Grammar: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement - Use definite and indefinite pronouns correctly. Grammar: Three Major Sentence Faults - Fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences. Grammar: Semicolons - Learning to use the ; could be helpful; you never know. Grammar: Understanding Prefixes - Decipher unusual English words by their prefixes. Grammar: Usage of Who and Whom - When to use each. Grammar: Verbals - Gerunds, infinitives and participles, oh my! History: The English Language - An overview of English and how it came to be. Spelling: Slaying the Spelling Dragons - Trouble spelling words? Don't be afraid to use the dictionary! Le Critique does practically every day of his life. Dictionaries make for good reading. Learn a new word each day! Computer Science:How to Speed Up Your Internet - Making your browser faster is as easy as increasing the cache size. Why download the same files over and over? A Guide to Using BBCode - BBCode is a variant of HTML used by Phorum. It allows our users to post messages with certain HTML capabilities. Larry Arnold's Guide to Using HTML - HTML is the language of web sites such as this one. Remi and Le Critique code the web pages you see here directly in HTML without the use of any third-party application. Le Critique's Advisory on Internet Anonymity - A few words about whether you are truly anonymous or not while surfing the Internet. This page will reveal your IP address to you, in case you don't know it. Le Critique Tells You About Yourself - Here's what a javascript will reveal about your computer system - not much, as it turns out. Java is safe to use. It enables web pages to be customized according to each user's configuration. If your browser does not have the java option enabled, the functionality of this web site and others will be diminished. Math and Science:Evolution Simulator - Watch simple AI life forms evolve before your eyes. Fractal Explorer - Explore the wonderful world of fractals, based upon mathematic formulas that also seem to arise in nature. Extracurricular Student Activities:Chess - Learn how to play the old classic game of strategy and tactics.  The Academy first opened its doors in
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