In your response, be sure to consider all three (rites, rights, and responsibilities) involved “R’s” in becoming a mature person, an adult. Identify the subject of your paper Turn your subject into a guiding question Answer your question with a statement Refine this statement into a working thesis Activity 22: Taking a Stance—Guiding Questions Your teacher may have you use a Thesis Generator as a starting point in taking a clear stance on this issue. You may also want to think about or write the answers to the following questions in order to generate your thesis: What is your tentative thesis? What support have you for your thesis? What evidence have you found for this support (e.g., facts, statistics, statements from authorities, personal experience, anecdotes, scenarios, and examples)? How much background information do your readers need to understand your topic and thesis? If readers were to disagree with your thesis or the validity of your support, what would they say? How would you address their concerns? (What would you say to them?) Think about what most people know and think about the topic of your paper. If you want to change the opinions of the audience, you will need to think about persuasive techniques, both logical and emotional. Writing Rhetorically Entering the Conversation Activity 23: Composing a Draft
In your response, be sure to consider all three “R’s” (rites, rights, and responsibilities) involved in becoming a mature person, an adult. Identify the subject of your paper Turn your subject into a guiding question Answer your question with a statement Refine this statement into a working thesis Activity 22: Taking a Stance—Guiding Questions Your teacher may have you use a Thesis Generator as a starting point in taking a clear stance on this issue. You may also want to think about or write the answers to the following questions in order to generate your thesis: What is your tentative thesis? What support have you for your thesis? What evidence have you found for this support (e.g., facts, statistics, statements from authorities, personal experience, anecdotes, scenarios, and examples)? How much background information do your readers need to understand your topic and thesis? If readers were to disagree with your thesis or the validity of your support, what would they say? How would you address their concerns? (What would you say to them?) Think about what most people know and think about the topic of your paper. If you want to change the opinions of the audience, you will need to think about persuasive techniques, both logical and emotional. Writing Rhetorically Entering the Conversation Activity 23: Composing a Draft
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