1. Composing Your Proposal Points to Consider

2. Make a strong and Clear Proposal Claim

3. Proposal Claim: ASU should ban full-size trucks from all campus parking structures

4. Note the reasons why your proposal ought to be implemented

5. Reason: because they present a safety hazard for pedestrians and drivers, and

6. Note the effects of instituting your proposal

7. Effects: because instituting such a ban would reduce the number of injuries and accident and would also help “free- up” parking spaces since many such trucks occupy more than 1 parking space.

8. Explore Implications of the Claim Having established a claim, you can then explore its implications by drawing out the reasons and evidence that can support your claim most effectively

9. Relate the Claim to a Need or Problem Parking on the Campus of ASU is a serious problem; There are not enough parking spaces for a large urban campus to which most students, faculty and staff commute; Parking lots and structures are often full to overflowing. they too often take up more than one parking space

10. Relate the Claim to a Need or Problem Full-size trucks obstruct the view of drivers and pedestrians in ASU parking structures; they present a safety concern and pose a serious danger; and they often occupy more than one space, thus compounding the problem of insufficient parking spaces.

11. Demonstrate that your Proposal is Feasible

12. Banning full-size trucks from parking structures will not pose additional costs, nor will it necessarily infringe on the rights of those who drive such vehicles.

13. To Review: –Compose a claim that proposes a practice or policy that –addresses a problem or a need, –is action-oriented, –directed at the future, and –is appropriate to your audience.

14. Be Sure to: Incorporate statements that clearly relate the proposal to the need or problem.

15. Be Sure to: Provide evidence that the proposal will effectively address the need or solve the problem, and that it is feasible

16. Always Remember Your Audience Who are they? What do they know about the problem? What are their concerns? How best can you persuade them to follow your proposed course? What kinds of evidence will persuade them?

17. Additional Considerations: You may want to begin with some discussion that defines/describes the problem and does so in such a way as to draw-in or “hook” your readers You may also decide to open with your proposal and the various support you have for it and then demonstrate how it addresses a particular need or solves a particular problem

18. Essential Elements: –statement and discussion of the problem (includes background and purpose statement) –list of long-term and short-term objectives –statement and discussion of the proposed solution, including (as warranted): –an explanation of how the solution can solve the problem; –methods to be used and procedures to be followed; –personnel involved; –material equipment and facilities to be used; –amount of time required to implement the solution; –cost of solution.