Outline for Final Paper

Outline for Final Paper

Introduction:

• Hook (Quote or analogy related to title)
• Discuss Thompson’s article
• Statement of personal opinion connected to Thompson article
• Statement of personal opinion connected to Carr article
• Claims of Thompson
• Beneficial to self and society
• Claims of Carr
• Detrimental to society and cognition
• Personal opinion
• Agreement/Opposition

Body Paragraphs:

• “Impact of Digital Tools…”
• Studies show the beneficial impacts on student writing
• Connection between article with claims of Thompson
• Point of view of society
• Point of view of students
• Connection to personal experiences
• “Attention, and Other 21st-Century Social Media…”
• Thompson’s audience effect
• Blogs
• Internet and collaboration
• Disagreements
• Further research to show benefits of Internet and technology
• Personal experiences to add to conversation of possible benefits
• Connect to both Thompson and Carr

Conclusion:

• Relevance of article to self and society
• Restatement of articles’ claims and connections to personal agreements/disagreements
• Strengths and weaknesses of Thompson’s and Carr’s claims
• Connect to hook in introduction