Prompt Essay
A local business leader is considering starting a business in your area and has hired you to conduct a market analysis and deliver a formal report of your findings.
Consider a market segment with which you are familiar. Write a brief report to be delivered to your sponsor in which you describe the status of competition within this market and recommend a course of action for the start-up.
Develop a response that includes examples and evidence to support your ideas, and which clearly communicates the required message to your audience.
Organize your response in a clear and logical manner as appropriate for the genre of writing. Use well-structured sentences, audience-appropriate language, and correct conventions of standard American English.