1STEPS to build a position paper
- write your position
- create your survey
- refine your argument
- prepare for the opposition
- explore the issue by researching on the topic
- gather the evidence
- write your personal details
- have credible resources
- refine your gathered evidence
- create assertions
2COMPONENTS of a position paper
- claim
- refining
- explanation
- revision
- checking
- evidence
- refutation
- counter-argument
- transition
3when presenting this you try to acknowledge the opposition’s viewpoints or given evidence for taking a given position
- COUNTER ARGUMENT
- REFUTATION
4when presenting this you try to present evidence that will disprove or contradict the opposing arguments
- COUNTER ARGUMENT
- REFUTATION
5PARTS OF A POSITION PAPER (for presentation to an org)
- statistics to back up tour country’s position on the issue
- what your country believes should be done to address the issue
- how the issue affects the country
- how the positions of other countries affect your country’s position
- actions taken by your government with regard to the issue
- what your country would like to accomplish in the committee’s resolution
- how you will resolve the problem
- a brief introduction of your country and its history concerning the topic and the committee
- quotes from your country’s leaders about the issue
- UN actions that your country supported or opposed
- conventions and resolutions that your country ahs signed and ratified
- your country’s policies with respect to the issue and your country’s justification for these policies
6in creating assertions you are to formulate your views about the issue based on what you've learned
7in creating assertions you should be able to come up with both your main and minor ideas or thesis statement that will serve as a controlling assertion for your paper
8in refining your argument your arguments should be be structured in "AsseEvEx"
9AsseEvEx stands for:
- Assessment, Evidence, Examine
- Assessment, Evidence, Explanation
- Asertion, Evidence, Examine
- Assertion, Evidence, Explanation
10when preparing for the opposition you must cite the strongest counter-argument and prepare to counter them with your strongest refutations
11In composing your position paper, it should follow the usual structure: Title>Intro>Body>Conclusion
12An argumentative essay that provides resolution
- Field Report
- Lab Report
- Creative Report
- Position Paper
13It isn't required to show a stand and reccomendations in a position paper
14Characteristics of a good position paper are
- concise
- resolute
- comprehensive
- clarity
- factual
- engaging
- debatability
15Debatability
- Should focus on aspect of the issue thats worth arguing abt
- use credible resources
- offer solutions and recommendations
- specifically state your stand/position
- goal to persuade readers
16Resolute
- use credible resources
- offer solutions and recommendations
- goal to persuade readers
- specifically state your stand/position
- Should focus on aspect of the issue thats worth arguing abt
17Clarity
- goal to persuade readers
- specifically state your stand/position
- Should focus on aspect of the issue thats worth arguing abt
- use credible resources
- offer solutions and recommendations
18Factual
- specifically state your stand/position
- offer solutions and recommendations
- use credible resources
19Engaging
- goal to persuade readers
- specifically state your stand/position
- offer solutions and recommendations
20Refutation
- try to acknowledge opposition viewpoints
- presenting evidence that disprove the counterarguments
21Claim refers to the writer's stand
22devices help achieve goals set in writing by establishing logical connections between diff ideas, sentences, paragraphs, n sections in ur pos paper
- Transitions
- Hedging devices