Book Report on Little Women

Above all, the point of a book report is not only to prove that you read the book, but also that you took the time to analyze and understand it. Don’t just copy what you find online; you’ll get busted and nobody wants that. That includes us, by the way. Use our outline, by all means, but if you swipe that thesis and use it verbatim, you’re gonna have a bad time. Teachers have Google.

The best way to prove you did the work is to provide details. Doing so also shows your teachers you have a personal investment in the book. If you’re blanking on what to include, think about these possibilities:

Discuss why you chose the book. This works best in the introduction, after the universal statement. Have you read books by this person before? Is it a genre that you like? Was it a recommendation? If so, by whom?
Offer a personal reflection on the book. Getting personal is usually verboten (Links to an external site.) in the classic five-paragraph form. Not so with book reports. Slip some personal details into the conclusion. Draw comparisons between your own life and a character’s, or plot events and your own experiences.
Add some quotes. You may not be required to include direct quotes (Links to an external site.) from the text to back up your claims. Do so anyway (unless your teacher says otherwise). Be sure to ask your teacher if you need to use a certain format. Quotes are a power move in a book report, proof that you really and truly read the thing and took it to heart. It helps to collect these quotes as you read, so you don’t have to go back and find them afterward.
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Your report MUST BE AT LEAST THREE PAGES IN LENGTH. Follow the guidelines above in order to read the work, and to master its’ content. Please ask me if you have any questions. You may use either MLA or Chicago format for the paper, it is alright.

This paper is due by the day of the final exam.