<p>I think my essay lays to rest many of the beliefs that you need to cite classic literature in order to get top scores. In the books I read about the essays, they said that. Yet, I wrote about Gossip Girl and still did fine. Though it might not work in every essay, it works in mine because of the subject/thesis. Get the best-fitting examples. Not the oldest examples. This is a personal observation but the less you name the titles in your thesis, the easier it is to fit in more examples if you have the time… Just a tip.</p>