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• Position Paper


  A debatable viewpoint and persuasion on a topic, addressing counterarguments and responding to opposing viewpoints
• Position Paper


  • Uses facts and inductive reasoning
  • Addresses both weakness and strength of the author's opinion
• Types of supporting evidence in a Position Paper

  • Factual knowledge (verifiable and agreed)
  • Statistical inferences (interpretation/accumulation of facts)
  • Informed opinion (opinion developed through research)
  • Personal testimony (personal experience)
• Introduction in a Position Paper


  • General statement presents a big idea/expressed in a wider context
  • Thesis statement - declaration of argument/composed of an argument
• Claim in a Position Paper


  • Claim of fact (true or not)
  • Claim of value (based on a subjective quality)
  • Claim of policy (what should be done)
• Body of a Position Paper


  • Evidence/facts/topic sentence
• Conclusion in a Position Paper


  Restatement of the position presented in the introduction
• Scientific Report


  A form of academic writing explaining a technical process development, outcome, and recommendations
• Scientific Report


  • Attention to detail
  • Reliance on test procedures
• Parts/Structure of a Scientific Report


  • Title Page
  • Hypothesis
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Abstract
  • Literature Review
  • Appendices
• Abstract in a Scientific Report

  A concise explanation including pictures, tables, graphs
• Discussion in a Scientific Report

  What do the findings mean?
• Literature Review in a Scientific Report


  Identifies the topic, understanding the gap, objective, methods, and conclusions