EAPP Activity #2

TRUE OR FALSE

A position paper presents the writer’s stand or viewpoint on a particular issue.

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• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE

The main objective of writing a position paper is to take part in a larger debate by stating your arguments and proposed course of action.

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• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE

Provide strong evidence such as statistics, interviews with experts, testimonies in the introduction part of the position paper.

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• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE

You may end your position paper with a powerful call for action, quotation, challenge or question.

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• FALSE

It refers to the personal experience related by a knowledgeable party.

• Factual Knowledge

• Statistical Inferences

• Informed Opinion

• Personal Testimony

It refers to the information that is verifiable and agreed upon by almost everyone.

• Factual Knowledge

• Statistical Inferences

• Informed Opinion

• Personal Testimony

It refers to the interpretation and examples of an accumulation of facts through numerical data.

• Factual Knowledge

• Statistical Inferences

• Informed Opinion

• Personal Testimony

These are the opinion developed through research and/or expertise of the claim.

• Factual Knowledge

• Statistical Inferences

• Informed Opinion

• Personal Testimony

The following are asked to present a strong argument, except

• Is it a real issue, with genuine controversy and uncertainty?

• Can you identify at least two distinctive positions?

• Is this a lengthy issue?

• Are you personally interested in advocating one of these positions?

A position paper is sometimes called

• Concept paper

• Point of view paper

• Technical report

• Critique paper