1. Drafting Your Outline What to do in the next week!

2. How do I organize a persuasive research paper? Three Ways: 1. Outline! 2. Monroe’s Motivational Sequence 3. A logical progression of reasons and evidence in your outline

3. Outline…Or else…

4. Parts of The Outline Five Sections: Five Sections: I. Introduction (thesis and Attention) II. Context/Background Info III. Establishing the Needs (Harms) IV. Satisfaction or Solution V. Conclusion (Visualization and Call to Action)

5. Monroe’s Motivational Sequence Attention Attention Need Need Satisfaction Satisfaction Visualization Visualization Call to Action Call to Action **See Handout on Specifics**

6. Check Out Dat Model Highlight or Underline where you find the following words: Highlight or Underline where you find the following words: Attention Attention Need Need Satisfaction Satisfaction Visualization Visualization Call to Action Call to Action What do you notice about this model? What do you notice about this model?

7. Evidence for Support Highlight or Star(*) where I identify evidence. Highlight or Star(*) where I identify evidence. What do you notice about where I use evidence? What do you notice about where I use evidence? Include full Quotes or paraphrasing in your outline with proper citations Include full Quotes or paraphrasing in your outline with proper citations

8. Organizing the Reasons/Evidence in your Outline Find the best order for your reasons and evidence Reason First, then evidence to support it. Repeat this throughout your outline. Reason First, then evidence to support it. Repeat this throughout your outline. Your evidence will become a sub-point in your outline Your evidence will become a sub-point in your outline

9. Organizing the Reasons/Evidence in your Outline What order do I write my reasons? Try different combinations to decide what will be most effective. You can always cut, paste and revise if you see a better strategy. Don’t get hung up here.

10. Organizing the Reasons/Evidence in your Outline Old to New – reader prefer to move from what they know to what they don’t. Start with what is familiar to your readers, then move to the unfamiliar Old to New – reader prefer to move from what they know to what they don’t. Start with what is familiar to your readers, then move to the unfamiliar

11. Organizing the Reasons/Evidence in your Outline Shorter and Simpler to Longer and More Complex – start with what’s easier to understand and move to the more complex Shorter and Simpler to Longer and More Complex – start with what’s easier to understand and move to the more complex Uncontested to More Contested – start with the less controversial reasons. What will your reader accept more readily. Uncontested to More Contested – start with the less controversial reasons. What will your reader accept more readily.

12. The Logic of My Context First, what am I doing here and Why? First, what am I doing here and Why? Second, what is the logic behind the order of my reasons? Second, what is the logic behind the order of my reasons? Old to New? Old to New? Shorter/less complex to Longer/more complex? Shorter/less complex to Longer/more complex? Uncontested to more Contested? Uncontested to more Contested?

13. The Needs Section In your groups, Organize the reasons for my Needs/Harms section according to your assigned method. In your groups, Organize the reasons for my Needs/Harms section according to your assigned method. 1. Old to New 2. Shorter/less complex to Longer/more complex 3. Uncontested to More contested Use tape to connect them. Use tape to connect them.

14. Where do Counter-claims go? Acknowledge and respond to the most important questions and objections where you think your readers will raise them. (counter claims) Acknowledge and respond to the most important questions and objections where you think your readers will raise them. (counter claims) In your groups, identify where my reader will raise objections. In your groups, identify where my reader will raise objections.