POSITION PAPER

• Position paper


  A more complex version of a persuasive essay
• Position paper


  Represents your arguments in a written form, favoring one side of the issue
• Goal of a position paper


  Declare a position on a certain matter or issue, and convince or persuade others to take that side
• Principles of argumentative writing


  • Consider audience, choose viewpoint, write with style and clarity, use appropriate diction, create clear paragraphs, use effective transitions, ensure proper grammar and spelling, organize arguments persuasively
• Writing a position paper


  1. Introduction - present topic, issue, and thesis

  2. Counter arguments - summarize, provide support, refute

  3. Your arguments - assert claims, provide support

  4. Conclusion - restate argument, provide plan of action
• Thesis


  A one-sentence statement about the topic, an assertion that is claimed to be true