THIS IS WHERE

I STAND
BY. JOHN TREVINO & JOSE RODRIGUEZ
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CHOOSE A TOPIC THAT YOU AND THE READ

CAN CONNECT WITH
-IF YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN TOPIC, MAKE SURE IT IS A TOPIC THAT YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN AND WILL ENJOY RESEARCHING
-IF YOU GET AN ASSIGNED TOPIC, TRY TO FIND SOME PART OF IT THAT COULD BE
INTERESTING TO YOU. DOING THIS WILL MAKE IT A LOT EASIER TO WRITE ABOUT
THE TOPIC.
-PICK A TOPIC THAT MATTERS AND IS ARGUABLE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY
RESEARCHING THE TOPIC AND SEEING IF IT IS BEING DEBATED.
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CONSIDER YOUR RHETORICAL
SITUATION
-FOCUS ON YOUR AUDIENCE. WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND WHAT TOPIC DO YOU HOPE
TO PERSUADE THEM ON? BE SURE TO KEEP DIFFERENT AUDIENCE’S VIEWPOINTS IN MIND
-THINK ABOUT YOUR PURPOSE. WHY ARE YOU ARGUING THIS? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
CONVINCE YOUR AUDIENCE? WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO CHOOSE THIS TOPIC? ETC.
-THINK ABOUT YOUR STANCE. WHAT ASPECT OF THE TOPIC CAUGHT YOUR INTEREST? WHAT IS
YOUR STANCE ON THE TOPIC? WHY DOES THE TOPIC MATTER? ETC.
CONSIDER YOUR CONTEXT. TAKE IN THE LARGER CONTEXT AND VIEW ALL THE DIFFERENT
POSITIONS ON THE TOPIC. THIS WILL HELP INCREASE YOUR AWARENESS OF THE TOPIC AND
DETERMINE WHICH FACTS WILL DEVELOP YOUR POSITION ON THE TOPIC.
-CONSIDER YOUR MEDIUM. BASED ON YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE, SELECT A MEDIUM THAT WOULD
BEST SUIT THEM AND YOUR PURPOSE. EXAMPLES CAN INCLUDE ESSAYS, LOCAL PAPERS,
WEBSITES, PODCASTS AND MANY MORE.
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RESEARCH YOUR TOPIC

-ASSESS WHAT YOU KNOW AND DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOUR TOPIC. BRAINSTORMING CAN HELP
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.
-TAKE WHAT OTHERS HAVE ALREADY SAID ABOUT THE TOPIC INTO CONSIDERATION
-CUT DOWN YOUR TOPIC TO SIZE. FOCUS ON ONE SMALL ASPECT OF THE LARGER TOPIC TO
HELP NARROW YOUR RESEARCH.
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FORMULATE AN EXPLICIT POSITION

-STATE TOUR POSITION AS A TENTATIVE THESIS. STATE YOUR POSITION COMPELLINGLY AND LET
YOUR AUDIENCE KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THE TOPIC.
-COME UP WITH REASONS AND EVIDENCE. LIST THE INFORMATION YOU RESEARCHED AND USE IT
TO BACK UP YOUR POSITION ON THE TOPIC.
-IDENTIFY OTHER POSITIONS. USE OTHER POSITIONS ON THE TOPIC AS A WAY TO HELP COUNTER-
ARGUE SOME CLAIMS AND EXPLAIN WHY IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.
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ORGANIZE AND START WRITING

-MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TEXT ALWAYS SUPPORTS YOUR THESIS.
-STATE YOUR POSITION AND SUPPORT YOUR REASONING WITH EVIDENCE.
-CONSIDER COUNTERARGUMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER POSITIONS BESIDES YOUR OWN.
-DRAFT AN OPENING BY INTRODUCING YOUR TOPIC AND STATING YOUR POSITION CLEARLY.
PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION NEEDED AND PERSUADE YOUR AUDIENCE.
-DRAFT A CONCLUSION BY SUMMING UP YOUR POSITION AND TALKING ABOUT WHY YOUR TOPIC
MATTERS. MAKE SURE YOUR CONCLUSION INCLUDES A STRONG TAKEAWAY MESSAGE.
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LOOK CRITICALLY AT YOUR DRAFT, GET

FEEDBACK, AND REVISE

-GO OVER YOUR DRAFT AND REVISE IT WITH YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS AND
FEEDBACK THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM OTHERS.
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THE END
By. John a. Trevino & Jose Rodriguez