I’ll admit it: I was the student that tipped the teacher off that half of our English class, including me, was using SparkNotes to “read” “Twelfth Night” by Shakespeare, instead of actually reading ...

As a student, book summaries are an essential tool for understanding complex literature and preparing for exams. Traditionally, SparkNotes and CliffsNotes have been the go-to resources for summarized ...

Analysis is an important skill to learn and practise in English – it helps you to explore and understand the writer’s craft. When we analyse a text, we are trying to understand how it works. We can ...

Here we go again. Bob Dylan is being accused by a Washington, D.C., journalist of plagiarizing portions of his Nobel Prize for literature lecture from SparkNotes, a study guide like Cliffs Notes.

Literary analysis is a vital stage in the development of students' critical thinking skills. Bloom's Taxonomy illustrates that analysis should come at the fourth level, right after comprehension and ...