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Blog4–“Impact”ofEnergyStoragePaper

At this point, you have researched your identified paper topic through lots of research and writing aprimer/introduction.It’snowtimetomakea“last”-ingimpression.Akeycomponenttowritingyourpaperisidentifyingakeyorcriticalpointthatbringstruevaluetoyourtopic,whichiswhatwilltietheentirecontentsofthepapertogetherandwillhelpthereaderunderstandtheuniquevaluetoyourmanuscript.Keepinmindthattheuniquepositioning isyourfocalpoint,it’swhatthereaderremembersandwantstoknowmoreabout.

Agood impactpointprovides insight,yetprovideevaluativeandcriticaldimensions to thepaperand topic. It canbeprovideanewperspectiveonthecurrentstateofthetopicareaandalsonoteflaws,gaps,and inconsistencies intheknowledgeandpotentialareasforfutureresearch.Mostimportantly,thisimpactpointshouldhighlighthowyourtopicfitsintothebroaderareaofinterest,whetheraresearcharea,discipline,oranoverallglobalchallenge.Theimpactpointofyourpaperisthepivotofthearticleandshouldbuildoffyourintroduction.

Sinceyouhavenotyetcompletedtheliteraturereviewofyourtopicarea,thisimpactpointwillonlybebasedonwhatyouhavereadthusfaronyourtopic.Sincethisisnotyetacomprehensiveevaluationatthispoint,pleasefeelfreetomakenoteofsuchgapsasyouwriteidentifyyourimpactpoint(sincethismaychangeasyoucontinuetoworkonyourpaper).

For thisblogassignment,write the impactpointofyourpaperutilizingall researchyouhavedonethus farandusingadditional references that you have found since Blog 3. At this point, you should have a minimum of 30 usablereferences for your paper (assuming you are looking for 10 sources per week.) Make sure to use and citesources/references(donotonlylistthemattheend.)Theentireblogshouldbenolongerthan600words(notincludingreferences.)SpecificsInstructions:

1. Alwaysciteyoursources.2. Pleasekeepinmindthattheblog/topicsshouldbeadraftconclusiontoyourpaper.3. Considerincludingphotos,diagrams,externallinks,etc.Makesuretocite/attributeallimagesused.4. Lengthoftheblogshouldbenomorethan600words(notincludingfiguresandreferences.)5. Postyourblogby11:00pmonOctober10,2017.6. NOTE:Postaminimumof2commentstotwodifferentclassmates’blogpostsbetweenOctober10thand

17th.Thinkcriticallyaboutyourclassmates’posts,findresources/referencesthatsupportyourcomments,andpostyourcommentsinbetweenthescheduleddatesonly.

AdditionalNotes:

• Youcannotchangethepostthatyousubmittedorpostedontheduedate.Anychangesyouwouldliketomaketoyourpostcanbedonebycommentingonyourownpostafteryouhavepostedit.

• Donotuseanyderogatorylanguageandberespectfulofeachother’swork.• Your comments on each other’s posts should provide additional insight into the material posted, present

questionsorthoughtsforconsideration,rendernewideas,andothercriticalthoughtsonthetopic.