Academic Writing 2

Essay Outline
Name: Fabian Rodríguez
Date: 06/Jun/2018

Essay Topic: Books should be replaced by online resources and modern technological

innovations, so traditional books will no longer exist.

Introduction Title:

The Technology is Taking the Place of the books.

Hook:

Background:

Thesis (contrast): Technology is overtaking focus, producing wrong

information and leading to a disability to retain information.

Body 1 Argument: Technology is producing lack of focus.

Supporting detail: Currently there are some social media and games that
catch the attention of the people, so when the person is working, studying or
something else it exists a big possibility that people lose their focus.

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Body 3 Other side’s argument # 3:

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Conclusion Summary of your point of view:

Concluding sentence:

What references have you used?

Reference List

Cash, H., D. Rae, C., H. Steel, A. and Winkler, A. (2012, November). Internet Addiction: A Brief

Summary of Research and Practice. Retrieved from:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/

Donehower, K. (2015). Does technology affect our memory? Science in Our World: Certainty and

Controversy. Retrieved from: https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/09/16/does-technology-

affect-our-memory/
Gregoire, C. (2013). How Technology Is Warping Your Memory. HuffPost Canada. Retrieved from:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/technology-changes-memory_n_4414778

Hardy, I. (2015). Why tech is getting in the way of work. BBC News. Retrieved from:

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32628753

Spain, E. (2012, August 30). Information Overload?. Northwestern University. Retrieved from:

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2012/08/hargittai-info-overload