Topic: Increase in cyber threats (technology field)
write a rough draft of your Academic Essay. Your draft should not use any sources at this point and instead should answer questions like: Why do you think this change has happened? or What effects do you think this change has had? Use your own thoughts and ideas to explore these questions but also try to not rely on informal first person (I, me, my, we, us, our) or second person (you, your) and instead attempt to write objectively and formally by using third person.
Essay Draft Chart
draft should do the following:
Paragraph 1
Identify the change and its relevance
Establish your thesis about the cause or effect of the change
(don’t worry, though, if you are having trouble writing an attention-grabbing introduction at this point–focus on your thesis)
Paragraph 2
Establish Topic Sentence about first cause or effect
Use paragraph development strategies like PIE to support the topic sentence and explain why you think this cause or effect is relevant
Paragraph 3
Establish Topic Sentence about second cause or effect
Use paragraph development strategies PIE to support the topic sentence and explain why you think this cause or effect is relevant
Paragraph 4
Establish Topic Sentence about third cause or effect
Use paragraph development strategies like PIE to support the topic sentence and explain why you think this cause or effect is relevant
Focus on a single, specific, relevant, recent, and researchable change, either positive or negative, in your general field of study.
Establish a clear thesis about this topic that focuses on either what caused the change or what effect this change has had on the field. You may not analyze both cause and effect.
