Position paper
Assignment 1a: Position papers
Write a maximum 2 page double spaced paper stating your position on the following:
1. What is ARCHITECTURE
2. What is SUSTAINABILITY
These essays are to explain YOUR opinion clearly and succinctly.
· Who is your audience?
· What evidence is likely to be effective with your audience?
· Keep your topic specific
· Is it informational or proposing a plan of action?
· Do you know enough material to support your opinion?
· Does the audience know where you stand at the end?
· Is the thesis at the first and last (the two strongest locations within a paper)?
· Is your opinion stated strongly enough for you to be assertive?
· Have you given quality pointed support for your argument?
1. Introduction
a. Introduce topic
b. Provide brief background
c. Assert thesis
2. Counter argument
a. Summarize
b. Support information for counterclaim
c. Refute counterclaim
3. Assert point 1.
a. Opinion
b. Support
4. Assert point 2.
a. Opinion
b. Support
5. Conclusion
a. Restate argument
b. Plan of action / importance to body of work surrounding argument for new way of looking at issue
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