This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. Thesis statements are essentially the driving force and backbone of an academic essay. Without a thesis statement, your essay will ...

Even if you don’t include an explicit thesis statement, developing your own thesis as you start to brainstorm and write your admissions essay will help you keep your essay on track and tie ...

How can your answers help you when revising your draft? If the sentences that you have highlighted in your skeletal outline do not work toward your overall thesis, then revise the portions of the ...