Important Advice on Choosing a Work
When choosing a work to write a literature paper on, do not choose a work that you do not understand. If you find yourself saying or thinking, “I have no idea what this means,” find another piece of literature or get help from your professor.
Writing an effective literature paper stands as one of the most challenging writing assignments in college, and because of the sophisticated brain skills it requires—careful reading, analysis, interpretation, and construction of an argument using primary evidence—law schools view undergraduate English majors as excellent candidates for admission.
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