I. Introductory Paragraph
A. Hook: Imagine a world where instead of printing out english essays, you can print out whistles, cups, phone cases, and much more. Fortunately, this dream is getting closer to reality as 3-Dimensional (3D) Printers become an increased presence in both manufacturing and everyday life.
B.Background Information
1. What a 3D Printer is
2. What they’re used for
C.Thesis Statement
Topic: 3D Printers
Purpose: To explain why and how 3D printers have become an increased part of our world and what it means to us.
Subtopic 1: Past/ Background of 3D Printers
Subtopic 2: Shift in Usage of 3D Printers in Industry
Subtopic 3: What 3D printers mean to us
II. Body Paragraph
A.Topic: How 3D Printers came to be
B. When 3D Printers were first thought about.
C. When/ How 3D Printers were actually invented successfully.
D. When 3D Printers First Appeared in Industry.
E. Concluding: Transition from how 3D Printers were introduced to the actual shift in their usage from experimental to practical.
III. Body Paragraph
A.Topic: How 3D Printers became a bigger part of industry.
B. What caused their increased usage.
C. When exactly this increase in 3D Printer usage occurred.
D. How 3D Printers have developed since then/ what implications come along with them.
E. Concluding: Transition from explaining the shift in thought about 3D Printers to what this could mean in the future.
IV. Body Paragraph
A. Topic: How 3D Printers will affect us in the future, and how they will develop from this point.
B. How the thoughts about 3D Printers may shift in the coming years.
C. Possible projects that 3D Printers could work on in the future, and how these projects will affect us and how 3D Printers are thought about.
D. How 3D Printers might make the shift into consumer and personal use.
E. Concluding: Tie up what 3D Printers could mean to us in the future, and how their use in the coming years may change the community’s thoughts about them.
V. Conclusion Paragraph
A. Summary of Main Points: Sum up the transition in the usage and thinking of 3D Printers.
B. Emphasize Message as a Whole: State that 3D Printers are becoming an increased part of not just industry, but also our personal lives; so we need to develop opinions and ideas about their usage and what affects it could have in the future.
C. Lead to related thinking or action: Relate the 3D Printer usage in manufacturing to the general increase in machinery used in production today, and what that could mean for those that are thinking about the benefits and drawbacks of 3D Printer usage.
