Suggesting a structure for a piece of work

Image generated using Adobe Firefly

Purpose

It can sometimes be tricky to start from a blank page. Although AI is able to help you write drafts, it's often much better to start with your own ideas - this supports your learning and ensures that your voice and ideas shine through. The prompt on this page helps you use AI as a conversation partner to bring out your own ideas and create a draft structure for a submission.

---

Acknowledge

Please check and follow your local guidelines about whether this use of generative AI is permitted. If it is permitted and if you use this prompt in the process of creating work for assessment, you may need to acknowledge the use of AI. 

---

Prompt

Make sure you modify the prompt below to suit the concepts that you wish to cover.

Act as an expert writing tutor. I need to write an analysis of how technology has impacted higher education. Ask me questions to help me write something insightful. Ask one question at a time, wait for my response, and ask me the next question. After I have answered your questions, produce a potential structure for an analytical report for me.

Note that this prompt is more effectively run using tools that use the GPT-4 or other modern AI models, such as Microsoft Copilot for Web.

---

Explanation

The prompt gives AI a role (expert writing tutor), a task (ask me questions), requirements (the topic), and instructions (ask one question at a time, etc). 

This prompt helps you to draw out knowledge you already have and place it within a structured argument.

---

Examples

The conversation below demonstrates the start of a conversation and how it can ask you questions.

After the AI suggests a structure, your job is to fill in the details. You can also follow up and ask it to help you think more deeply about certain elements of the structure. For example:

What are some ways that I can talk about section 4 in more detail?

---