# Literature Essay Samples

> A study companion for English students: close readings of assigned works, essay-craft guidance, and an Authorship pillar on writing that is provably yours when AI detectors read student work.

Independent, free, no accounts. Essays are study companions, not coursework to submit.

## Pillars
- [Work Guides](https://literatureessaysamples.com/work-guides/): close readings of 60 assigned works, one guide per work
- [Essay Craft](https://literatureessaysamples.com/essay-craft/): thesis, evidence, close reading as a method
- [Authorship](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/): how AI detectors read an essay, drafts and version history as evidence, citing and disclosing AI help, close reading versus generated analysis
- [Tools](https://literatureessaysamples.com/tools/): free detector demo, citation generator, outline builder

## Authorship guides
- [How to Write an AI Disclosure Statement for an Essay](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/ai-disclosure-statement-for-essays/)
- [AI Resistant Assignments: Designs That Make Authorship Visible](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/ai-resistant-assignments/)
- [AI writing vs human writing: what a close reader notices](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/ai-writing-vs-human-writing/)
- [Close reading vs AI literary analysis: what a generated essay cannot do](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/close-reading-vs-generated-analysis/)
- [Document Metadata and Authorship: What Your Files Record](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/document-metadata-and-authorship/)
- [The Essay Draft as Evidence of Authorship](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/essay-drafts-as-evidence/)
- [Ethical use of AI in education: principles for students and the teachers who grade them](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/ethical-use-of-ai-in-education/)
- [Falsely accused of using AI: what to do in the first 24 hours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/falsely-accused-of-using-ai/)
- [Google Docs Version History as Proof of Authorship](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/google-docs-version-history-as-proof-of-authorship/)
- [How to Cite ChatGPT in MLA, APA and Chicago](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/how-to-cite-chatgpt/)
- [How to Prove You Didn't Use AI on an Essay](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/how-to-prove-you-didnt-use-ai/)
- [How to use AI for studying literature without handing over the essay](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/how-to-use-ai-for-studying-literature/)
- [Is Grammarly Cheating? Where Correction Ends and Composition Begins](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/is-grammarly-cheating/)
- [Is QuillBot Cheating? Paraphrasing Tools, Patchwriting and the Literary Essay](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/is-quillbot-cheating/)
- [Signs of AI writing: six tells, and the craft move for each](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/signs-of-ai-writing/)
- [Turnitin AI detection: what teachers see, and what the number means](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/turnitin-ai-detection-what-teachers-see/)
- [What is authorship? Responsibility for the claims, the evidence and the words](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/what-is-authorship/)
- [Writing a Great Gatsby Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-a-great-gatsby-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [Writing a Hamlet Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-a-hamlet-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [Writing a Lord of the Flies Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-a-lord-of-the-flies-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [Writing a Macbeth Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-a-macbeth-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [Writing a To Kill a Mockingbird Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-a-to-kill-a-mockingbird-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [Writing The Yellow Wallpaper Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-a-yellow-wallpaper-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [Writing an Animal Farm Essay That Is Yours](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/writing-an-animal-farm-essay-that-is-yours/)
- [How AI detectors work](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/how-ai-detectors-work/)
- [Why is my essay flagged as AI?](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/why-is-my-essay-flagged-as-ai/)
- [Academic integrity and AI](https://literatureessaysamples.com/ai-and-writing/academic-integrity-and-ai/)

## Reference works
- [The Great Gatsby](https://literatureessaysamples.com/work-guides/the-great-gatsby/)
- [Macbeth](https://literatureessaysamples.com/work-guides/macbeth/)
- [Hamlet](https://literatureessaysamples.com/work-guides/hamlet/)
- [The Yellow Wallpaper](https://literatureessaysamples.com/work-guides/the-yellow-wallpaper/)
- [Kate Chopin's short stories](https://literatureessaysamples.com/work-guides/kate-chopins-short-stories/)

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