Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire
Right. Phrasing things a certain way can make people automatically take a stance for something or against something... (I automatically disagreed with your thesis on Japanese outsourcing and began to collect reasons why your thesis was wrong before even finishing the sentence)

I find the best research papers present both points sufficiently (with reasoning), and without emotional connotation.. otherwise you'll find the reader automatically agreeing or disagreeing with you without even bothering to read the paper. Then of course the expert writer weaves in their opinion subtly or perhaps finds a commonality that transcends the opposing points.. But if you're trying to make a different sort of persuasive paper w.e
Good points but something tells me this assignment is for remedial English 101 at freshman high school, so he'll get a C- as long as he turns in a paper with his name spelled correctly.