Think About It calls out, names, and carefully explains the crucial intellectual moves in academic writing. These are the moves that students must, at some point, adopt if they are to thrive in academic life. Now, with Think About It, students can learn the often evasive qualities that give significance and value to written work: sophistication, insight, rigor, depth, and complexity. And with the help of sample essays and generative outlines, students will be able to apply the moves directly to their assignments.