Defending A Stand
Defending A Stand
Defending A Stand
Maricar L. Relator
Subject Teacher
Objectives you are expected to:
• 1. identify effective ways to defend a
stand in writing a position paper;
• 2. list arguments in an organized
manner to defend a stand;
• 3. analyze arguments presented by
other writers;
Objectives you are expected to:
• 4. present factual evidences or proofs
to support each argument; and
• 5. defend a stand on an issue by
presenting reasonable arguments
• through properly citing factual
evidences.
Guidelines in Defending a
Stand Effectively
• exchange of information and persuade listeners that you are an
effective
• speaker. The same is true with writing. The need to present
your ideas in a
• manner that is convincing requires enough knowledge and
effort of reading
• and researching just so you could present a sensible paper
Guidelines in Defending a
Stand Effectively
• More often than not, daily
conversation includes the challenge of
• presenting personal opinion and
supporting your claim to establish a
sensible
Activity 2 Identifying an Issue
Directions: Read the short introductory
paragraph of a position paper to
complete the diagram which follows after the
text.
• Do Anti- Smoking Ads campaigns really help?
• We all have seen those scary ads that warn people
about the
• horrible consequences smoking can bring. However,
according
• to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, more
than
Activity 2 Identifying an Issue
Directions: Read the short introductory
paragraph of a position paper to
complete the diagram which follows after the
text.
• fifteen of every one hundred people in the
United States aged 18
• and older smoke today.
• They, too, see those ads. But they simply do
not stop them from
• this dreadful habit. Or do they?
Identifying an Issue
• What is
• What the
is the possible What is
Issue position your
of the position
writer?
?
• Many may agree that writing is not everybody’s cup of tea but with the activity
• you have just completed, you may reconsider your position on this and start to
• appreciate how easy it was for you to interact with the text and present your
• analysis through writing. You may think that for someone to produce a
• Group 1
comprehensive written report, a degree in written courses should be earnedAdd
your first bullet point here
Group 5
Analyzing an Issue and Defending an
Argument
• Make sure that the issue is
of genuine controversy and
• Lastly, see to it
uncertainty. Then that the scope of
• start conceptualizing at the issue is
least two distinct positions.
Decide which side are you narrow
• personally interested in.
• enough to be
manageable.
Analyzing an Issue and Defending an Argument
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