A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to. Ideas that you are considering need to be carefully examined in choosing a topic, developing your argument, and organizing your paper. It is very important to ensure that you are addressing all sides of the issue and presenting it in a manner that is easy for your audience to understand. Your job is to take one side of the argument and persuade your audience that you have well-founded knowledge of the topic being presented. It is important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims, as well as to address the counterclaims to show that you are well informed about both sides.
In doing a brilliant position paper I followed some guidelines from the Internet;
"Write a positon paper to
Organize and outline your viewpoint on an issue
Formally inform others of your positionas a foundation to build resolution to difficult problems
Present a unique, though biased, solutionor a unique approach to solving a problem
Frame the discussion in order to define the "playing field."This can put you in an advantageous position with those who may not be so well prepared as regards the issues behind their positions
Establish your credibilityHere you are demonstating that you have a command of the issues and the research behind them, and can present them clearly
Let your passion be demonstrated in the force of your argumentrather than in the use of emotional terms
Guide you in being consistent in maintaining your position in negotiation
The better prepared you arethe more disadvantaged are your opponentsand more likely they will defer to you
Guidelines:
Format should be consistent with guidelines determined by the sponsoring organization or committee
Include topic, date, purpose, etc, and should readily identify you as the author
If the paper represents a group, organization, committee, do not write in the first person (not I, my, mine, etc. but rather we, our, etc.)
Limit yourself to two pages following the format established by previous successful position papers" (Source:http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr9.htm)
Organize and outline your viewpoint on an issue
Formally inform others of your positionas a foundation to build resolution to difficult problems
Present a unique, though biased, solutionor a unique approach to solving a problem
Frame the discussion in order to define the "playing field."This can put you in an advantageous position with those who may not be so well prepared as regards the issues behind their positions
Establish your credibilityHere you are demonstating that you have a command of the issues and the research behind them, and can present them clearly
Let your passion be demonstrated in the force of your argumentrather than in the use of emotional terms
Guide you in being consistent in maintaining your position in negotiation
The better prepared you arethe more disadvantaged are your opponentsand more likely they will defer to you
Guidelines:
Format should be consistent with guidelines determined by the sponsoring organization or committee
Include topic, date, purpose, etc, and should readily identify you as the author
If the paper represents a group, organization, committee, do not write in the first person (not I, my, mine, etc. but rather we, our, etc.)
Limit yourself to two pages following the format established by previous successful position papers" (Source:http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr9.htm)
My thesis statement:
"Antigone's stubborness is one of her tragic flaws in Sophocles's Antigone"
T o make it more meaningful i used several topic sentences, to support my thesis statement. All in all, I am satisfies with the position paper.
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