Journals and outline

1. What is your proposed topic?

2. What is your stance on the topic?

3. What do you already know about this topic? What are the main arguments and counterarguments surrounding the topic?

4. What is your intended audience and why?

5. Which of the three appeals do you think you’ll use the most to try to persuade people and why?

6. What kinds of strategies do you think you’ll rely on to build your claims?