Tips for Writing an Effective Thesis Statement. This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. Thesis statements are essentially the driving force and backbone of an academic ...

Read about each program and related faculty members online. Find personal statement guidelines for each school/program you’re applying to and print out any prompts for quick reference. Using the ...

At some level, it’s a small tweak in our writing pedagogy to ask students to start with questions rather than thesis statements. Yet I think it can remind all of us of why we write.