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• Position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. It is a common type of academic argument writing task.
• Position paper is a writing work that serves one main purpose: to share your opinion with the audience on the choosen topic.
• The position paper is a form of writing used in academic and professional context that summarizes the writer's arguments supporting a certain issue.
• A position paper is a persuasive written discourse reflecting an individual's view about an issue that is often controversial, requiring one's definitive stance.
• Parts and elements of a position paper

  • Introduction
  • Counter Argument
  • Your Argument
  • Conclusion
• Introduction

  1. Introduce the topic
  2. Provide background on the topic to explain why it is important
  3. Assert the thesis(your view of the issue)
• Counter Argument

  1. Summarize the counterclaims
  2. Provide supporting information for counterclaims
  3. Refute the counterclaims
  4. Give evidence for argument
• Your Argument

  1. Give your educated and informed opinion
  2. Provide support or proof using more than one source.
• Conclusion

  1. Restate your argument
  2. Provide a plan of action but do not introduce new information.
• How to write a position paper

  • Select a topic for your paper
  • Conduct a preliminary research
  • Challenge your own topic
  • Continue to collect supporting evidence
  • Create an outline
• Facts are observable and verifiable information. Facts are what you see, no opinion or values added
• Inference is based on analysis. They are statements of the unknown base on the known. In other words they are figured out based on our past experience.
• Argument is usually a main idea. It is often called "claim" or "thesis statement", backed up with evidence that support the idea. Usually complex and takes time to develop.