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Guidelines in Writing a Position Paper 1. Begin the writing process with an in-depth research about the issue at hand. 2. Be aware of various positions about the issue and explain and analyze them objectively. 3. Reflect on your position paper and identify its weaknesses. 4. Establish your credibility by citing reliable sources. 5. Present a unique way of approaching the issue. 6. Limit your position paper to two pages. 7. Analyze your target readers and align your arguments to their beliefs, needs, interests and motivations. 8. Summarize the other side’s counter arguments and refute them with evidence. 9. Define unfamiliar terms at first mention. 10. Use an active voice as much as possible. This will make your tone dynamic and firm. 11. Arrange your evidence logically using an inductive or deductive approach. 12. Check your paper for fallacies and revise accordingly. 13. Use ethical, logical and emotional appeals. Ethical appeals relate to your credibility an...

  Guidelines in Writing an Article Critique 1.      Read the article or book to be reviewed carefully to get its main concept. 2.      Reread it to get the arguments being presented. 3.      Relate the content of the article to what you already know about the topic. This will make you more engaged with the article. 4.      Focus on how the article treats the topic and not the topic itself. Start your sentences with phrases such as “This book presents…” and “The author argues…” 5.      Examine whether the claims or findings are adequately supported or not. 6.      Analyze the type of analysis the writer used (e.g. quantitative, qualitative, case study) and how it supports the arguments or claims. 7.      Suggest some ways on how the writer can improve his/her reasoning or explanation. 8.      Discuss how the s...