By Camille Lyon Posted June 2, 2010
Have you ever been assigned a piece of literature and read it and by the time you reach the end you realize you have not absorbed anything from it? Some literature can be very obscure and hard to understand, and a great way to completely understand an assigned test is to look up a synopsis of it on an accredited website. Web sites such as cliffnotes, sparksnotes, and pinkmonkey are websites that students can access if they need assistance with character analysis, synopsis, themes, and much more.
Even though it is highly helpful, many think is it considered cheating. It is not cheating. You can find other ways to copy and paste information that you did not find yourself, and that is cheating. Assistance websites are very helpful, especially when analyzing hard subjects like Shakespeare. These websites may be used as cheating if you are using it to obtain the whole story because it was not read first.
Some teachers prefer that you not use these websites and solely obtain the information yourself. Some students may find this easy to do, but for those who find it harder, the websites are fantastic.
