Welcome to the LaunchPad Solo for Literature

LaunchPad Solo for Literature is packed with digital content designed to help you sharpen your close reading skills. Whether your instructor assigns the resources in LaunchPad Solo or encourages you to work with the material at your own pace, we’re confident that LaunchPad Solo will help you develop the reading and writing skills you need to succeed. LaunchPad Solo for Literature includes:

Respond to a reading.

Questions embedded within each text assist you as you make a critical reading of a play, poem, or short story.

Draw connections.

Annotations highlight key moments in two or more texts and questions for response facilitate comparison.

Engage in collaborative reading.

Respond to instructor comments on a text, and engage in class discussion directly on the page.

Get advice from well-known authors.

Author videos on the elements of literature include T.C. Boyle on comedy in fiction, Anne Rice on transitions in fiction, and Frank McCourt on voice.

Test your understanding.

Multiple choice quizzes on hundreds of readings help you test and develop your understanding of the text.