Write an argumentative essay in which you make a specific, defensible prediction that
can be verified within the next one to ten years. If your prediction can be verified within
the next twelve months, it won’t work for this paper. For this essay, you might argue
about a team’s likely success, a politician’s chances in an election, the probable success
of an upcoming product, or how a new technology might affect the United States. As a
part of your essay, be sure to discuss and describe the groups who are relevant to your
prediction and how their behaviors influence the conclusion you’ve drawn.
Defensibility:
Your prediction must be defensible, meaning that your reader could reasonably agree or
disagree with you. Arguing that the sun will continue to exist in ten years is not a
defensible position.
Evidence:
Be sure to use both qualitative and quantitative evidence to make your argument. This
essay challenges you to evaluate individual variables and determine how they will
interact.
Purpose:
As individuals, you are constantly required to make predictions about the future. While
predicting what will happen can be extremely difficult, it can also be a very useful skill,
especially when it comes to writing. Composition routinely requires you to assess your
audience and predict how your decisions will affect your reader. More broadly, you’ll
have to vote on propositions and candidates. Understanding how those individuals and
laws will affect society comes down to questions of predictive analysis. In planning for
retirement, you will also need to make predictions. This paper will enhance your
observational, analytical, and argumentative skills
