Drafting an argumentative thesis can be challenging, even for the most skilled historians. A strong thesis statement introduces your readers to the main points of an essay, lends your writing a ...

This handout is available for download in DOCX format and PDF format. In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the ...

Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics.

A key function of any introduction is to present your argument in such a way that your audience can enter the conversation and properly engage with your paper. Key questions to think about as you ...

A guide to writing strong, connected thesis statements and topic sentences This handout will help you understand the connection between topic sentences and thesis statements so you can use your topic ...

What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...

Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

Dalevyon L.J. Knight ’27, an Associate Editorial Editor, is a double concentrator in Chemistry and History and Science in Adams House. He plans on writing a Chemistry thesis. When choosing a ...

In the most abstract sense, the function of an introductory paragraph is to move the reader from the world of daily life into the textual and analytical space of an essay. In a more concrete sense, an ...