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OBJECTIVE:
TO KNOW AND ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING
MAJOR PARTS OF HOW TO PRODUCE A
POSITION PAPER ( SOMETIMES CALLED A
POINT OF VIEW PAPER).
What is a POSITION PAPER?
A. Summarize the
asking yourself what someone who
counterclaims disagrees with you might say about each of
the points you've made or about your
B. Provide
position as a whole. Once you have
supporting thought up some counterarguments,
information for consider how you will respond to them--
counterclaims will you concede that your opponent has a
point but explain why your audience
C. Refute the should nonetheless accept your argument?
counterclaims Will you reject the counterargument and
explain why it is mistaken? Either way,
D. Give evidence for you will want to leave your reader with a
argument sense that your argument is stronger than
opposing arguments.
3. Your Argument
You may have more than 3
A. Assert point #1 of your
claims
overall points to your
Give your educated and
informed opinion
argument, but you should
Provide support/proof
using more than one source
not have fewer.
(preferably three)
B. Assert point #2 of
your claims
Give your educated and
informed opinion
Provide support/proof using
more than one source
(preferably three)
The information included in the document “Writing a Position Paper” was adapted from the following
sources:
Guilford, C.(2001). Occasions for Argumentative Essays. Writing Argumentative Essays. Retrieved
August 26, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://www.powa.org/argufrms.htm Previously adapted
from: Hairston, M. (1982) A Contemporary Rhetoric (3rd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Northey, M. (1993). Making Sense: a student’s guide to research, writing, and style (3rd ed.). Toronto:
Oxford University Press.
UHWO Writing Center (1998) Writing a Position Paper. Retrieved August 26, 2002 from the World
Wide Web: http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu/~writing/position.htm
UNC-CH Writing Center (2000). Constructing Thesis Statements. Writing Center Handouts. Retrieved
August 26, 2002 from the World Wide Web:http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html
UNC-CH Writing Center (2000). Effective Academic Writing: The Argument. Writing Center
Handouts. Retrieved August 26, 2002 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html
UNC-CH Writing Center (2000). Paragraph Development. Writing Center Handouts. Retrieved August
26, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html
UNC-CH Writing Center (2000). Transitions. Writing Center Handouts. Retrieved August 26, 2002
from the World Wide Web: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html
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