For this paper, you will write an expository essay that compares the predictions made in the 2019 report with the 2021 report and persuasively argue to your readers why the overall predictions for the future have changed or have remained the same.
Expository essays are ones where you “investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner” (Purdue University, 2021, para.
1). Though the essay will be spent supporting your opinion on whether the forecast has changed, do not refer to yourself in the essay. Do not use the word “I” nor other similar self-referencing personal pronouns.
You may use the title highlighted in yellow above as the title of your paper. Your essay’s introductory paragraph should hook your reader with reasons why they should care about what working in America will be like in the future, and why COVID-19 has or has not made an impact on how the future looks.
Those reasons can come from you as your opinion (without using the word “I”), but they can also come from the source readings. By the end of that introductory paragraph, summarize what you are the main argument will be for the entire essay, and list the topics you will cover to prove that you are correct.
This argument summary should be only one sentence long for a paper this short; the essay should be 600-750 words from introduction to conclusion, written in Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri font. This sentence is what is known as the essay’s statement.
The sentence provides information that can become topics of discussion throughout the essay, such as a paragraph summarizing the predictions for the U.S. workforce before COVID-19 compared to the predictions after COVID-19 impacted society.
What did the two sources say, if anything, about lower-end jobs?
Did the source readings mention what would happen to those in higher-end jobs?
What did they say, if anything, about automation and technology’s impact on certain forms of work and careers?
