Academic Writing

write an academic essay that informs an audience about ONE specific skill, quality, or behavior necessary for success in the Paralegal field. Your audience is people currently studying for a degree in this field. You have a choice as to your writing goal. You can choose to either focus on explaining WHY this skill, quality or behavior is valuable to their success in the field OR you can instead choose to explain ways that they can develop this skill, quality or behavior. The one skill, quality or behavior you focus on must be specific (Accounting skills is too broad a topic, for example). Your Final Project essay should meet the following guidelines: It must be an essay of between 750-1000 words. It must be informative, rather than persuasive in nature. It must have a clear introduction and conclusion and should be organized into distinct paragraphs. It must have a clear thesis that limits the topic and establishes the essay’s main point. It must develop the thesis with a combination of original thought and resource material. It must incorporate at least three reliable sources appropriately; source material should be used to develop the writer’s ideas, rather than becoming the focus of the paper. At least one of those sources must be from the Kaplan University Library. It must avoid unreliable sources or sources inappropriate for an academic essay, including but not limited to Wikipedia. Source material, whether it is quoted or paraphrased, must be given appropriate credit, including in text citations and a citation in the References page. It must follow APA format requirements, including an appropriately formatted title page, 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced paragraphs and one inch margins. It should be written with an appropriate level of formality, avoiding first and second person.