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Formulating a persuasive Policy Advise (Position Paper # (Prepares the…
Formulating a persuasive
Policy Advise
What is policy advise?
Argues your position
Course of action
Convince the audience
Take action
Exploits material in position paper
Targets particular audiences and goals
Securing agreement
Motivating people to action
Position Paper
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Prepares the author's stance
Collects and organizes information
Basis of preliminary discussion
Preparatory document
Anticipate counter arguments
Framework for keeping tabs
Steps in creating
a position paper
I. Framing and defining an issue
Formulating a position
Debatable!
Anticipate range of reaction
Reflect on audience (for / against whom)
Make a choice and define
Defining a problem
Explore current situation
Impact it has
Consequences of
not solving the situation
Emotions the problem is creating
Explain simply
The problem that we're
trying to solve is __ .
Ask yourself
Why is that a problem?
Getting to a deeper "source problem"
Selecting supporting evidence
Clear arguments
Logical sequence
II. Finding evidence and data
Data
National or local sources
Online databases
Looking for arguments
News section in Google
Academic sections of search engines
Supporting the position
Not to argue from what someone else has done
Not confining oneself to statement of support
Target polls for extra information
Formulating arguments
in a logical way
NOT to do: Hamburger model
very summary
very positional
contains no arguments
contains little evidence
anticipates no one else's opinion
to DO: Toulmin method
List of arguments in favour
first sentences of paragraphs
logical sequence (linking words)
order of arguments
Warrant: include relevant evidence
reinforce argument
Rebuttal: anticipate counter-arguments
Backing: additional reasoning in simple sentences
Claim: opening statement
5 paragraph essay
the magic of three
3 arguments as main points
the thesis formula
topic + your position = thesis
1 - 3 - 1 outline
Introduction : thesis
Body: 3 main points
Conclusion: revisit thesis