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Chapter 3: The Issues and the Conclusion
Issues
What is an issue?
A question responsible for a conversation
The reason something is being discussed
Kinds of issues
Descriptive issues
Does?
What?
Is?
Prescriptive issues
Should?
What ought to be done?
Must?
Searching for the issue
You can find it in the title
Using descriptive or prescriptive language
Posing a question in the title
You can realize it from the conclusion
Finding the conclusion
Clues
Likely locations
The beginning of the conclusion
The very end of the conclusion
What a conclusion isn't
Examples
Statistics
All of these support the conclusion
Definitions
Evidence
Indicator words
Therefore
Suggests that
Thus
Proves that
Check the context
Check sources and background
What is the issue?
See "searching for the issue"
Your own writing
Think about why you're writing your piece
Your message should be clear
Narrowing your issue
Outline your thoughts
Your issue
Evidence to support it
Restate/confirm issue in conclusion
