A law school personal statement can take various forms. The voice, tone, content, storyline and structure will depend on who you are and what you’re writing about. But all personal statements serve ...

The thesis is your point of view - the main point you want to make. It changes the paper from being a piece of writing generally “about” a topic and makes it into a paper which actually gives the ...

From choosing a topic and conducting research to crafting a strong argument, writing a thesis paper can be a rewarding experience. It can also be a challenging experience. If you've never written a ...

Students will have completed at least one full length writing assignment. Two introductory paragraphs from these assignments are selected to be circulated in class. Ideally these paragraphs will each ...

Revision is re-seeing the writing you've done so far while keeping the reader in mind. It's your chance to look at your writing objectively to see how a reader would interpret and respond to your ...

This week, we finally get to see President Obama's thesis statement. For weeks, we've seen the rest of the paragraph begin to be filled in: the structure of a contrast between Republicans and ...