Exploratory essay about gun control
Writing Assignment:
Write an Exploratory Paper Review ‘How to Write an Exploratory Paper” (pages 94-95) to help you complete this assignment. Then write a 750- to 900-word exploratory paper. Use the worksheet to help you plan your exploratory paper.
Worksheet: Exploratory Paper
1. Write your issue in a complete sentence.. Explain it, and include the information that provides background and makes the issue interesting to your readers.
2. Explain the parts of the rhetorical situation that are already in place as you begin to write. Describe the exigence or context for your issue, including what happened to make people interested in it. Identify the individuals or groups of people interested in this issue, with’a brief introduction to their positions. Mention some of the constraints of these groups. For example, what do they think, value, and believe?
3. Describe at least three different positions on your issue, state who holds them, and give some of their reasons for holding them. You may explain more than three positions, if you want or need to do so. Jot down the positions.
a. Position 1:
b. Position 2:
c. Position 3:
4. Explain your personal interest in the issue and the position you favor.
