Persuasive Paper

Essential Elements:
Give a clear statement of your position in the introduction.
Give a clear idea of your audience in the introduction; avoid wording like “The audience for this paper is…, ” but make it
plain whom you’re trying to persuade.
Define the opposition’s position.
Use at least one secondary source.
Organization/Content:
Here are four basic templates for organizing your paper, built around where to address the opposition’s arguments. These
are suggestive only, not exhaustive.
I. Introduction (state your position and define the audience)