Thanks to the new CliffsNotes.com site, it`s easy to wrap your mind around those literary classics before that test 1st period!
HOBOKEN, N.J.--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Oct 25, 2004--December, a dreaded time of year for many students, means mid-terms for high school students, finals for college students and term papers for all. To ease the stress of these necessary but dreaded tests and assignments before the winter break, visit CliffsNotes.com(TM) for some free assistance. That`s the word from the folks who bring you those black and yellow, save-your-butt study guides known as CliffsNotes(R). And they`ve made understanding literary classics easy as well . . . just a mouse click gets you over 180 CliffsNotes literature guides available for free viewing at the site. These guides help you actually understand the often daunting and confusing language in the classics so that you can pass that test or feel comfortable chatting with your teachers.
In fact, the editors at CliffsNotes have come up with the top ten titles that you absolutely, positively must read before you`re worthy of that diploma. Yep, even if they`re not on that dreaded ''required reading'' list or the subject of your final paper, here are the books you need to read:
1. The Scarlet Letter
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Catcher in the Rye
5. The Crucible
6. Great Expectations
7. Huckleberry Finn
8. Lord of the Flies
9. Hamlet
10. Romeo and Juliet
So let`s say your Lit professor requires a 10-page report on the characters in Hamlet by the morning and you�re not sure where to begin. All you have to do is visit CliffsNotes.com, go to ''Read Literature Notes Online,'' find Hamlet (helpfully filed away under ''H''), click on ''View Free,'' and voila�there`s Ophelia and the rest of the clan under ''Character Analyses.''
Keep in mind that if you want to download and print the CliffsNotes version of Hamlet (or any other title), you`ll have to pay $5.99. That`s the same price as the bookstore version. But look at it this way: You can still get the book without changing out of your jammies!
And don`t worry if your title didn`t make the top ten: Since CliffsNotes.com re-launched in August 2004, study notes on 180 classic titles have been available for free viewing. Much more than plot summaries made simple, titles in the CliffsNotes Literature Series preview, probe, and support the original work. They`re the only literature guides written by respected teachers and noted scholars of literature (translation: the same people who`ll be grading your papers).
Besides the ''free viewing'' feature, CliffsNotes.com offers everything students need to make great grades in all their courses and prepare for standardized tests, including:
* Twenty-four-hour-a-day downloads of study guides and test preps.
* A free resource center includes course-by-course quick study sheets and subject-specific glossaries.
* A free newsletter delivers key course information right to your computer every week.
* An interactive advice column, ''Ask Cliff,'' answers your most pressing questions.
* Interactive polls let you voice your opinions and see how your responses compare with those of other students.
CliffsNotes.com offers original, high-quality information on literature, studying, and school-related issues. The site also features a searchable catalog of all the CliffsNotes�most of which are downloadable�original articles, quizzes, links, eTips e-mail newsletters, and ads directed at students. The site`s content of timely articles and links changes regularly.
Sound good? We thought so. Now, you`ve got a great excuse to lounge in front of the computer all day. If anyone gives you a hard time, just say, ''Excuse me, I`m doing some research on Ophelia`s dilemma, caught between her father`s and brother`s restrictive instructions and Hamlet`s crushing demands, trapped in a society that has created impossible expectations for women.'' That`ll shut `em up.
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