Examples of Information Lists and Works Cited for Essay #3 and Essay Writing Clichés to Avoid

Here are some examples of Works Cited and information lists from Information-Plus-Reflection essays that students have written in the past.

Also, here's a brief list of Essay Writing Clichés to Avoid:

• Opening with "Since the dawn of time" or other sweeping temporal or historical phrase
• Opening with a dictionary definition (or using a dictionary definition at any point without a specific, meaningful, and interesting reason)
• Closing with a simple "moral of my essay" or cliché