Follow the five steps of persuasion: establishing credibility, acknowledging the audience's position, constructing a rationale, transplanting root elements, and asking for a response.
• Clearly define your position and supporting evidence, including the results of your survey.
The list must include the following:
? Development of Telecommuting
? Potential benefits for employee and employer
? Potential Drawbacks for employee and employer
? Technology Requirements
? Job requirements and responsibilities
? Security Risks
? Future Potential
? Societal advantages/disadvantages? How is society, as a whole, both positively and negatively affected by telecommunications??
• Include all the necessary "evidence" for the reader to reach the expected conclusion in each argument in the paper (whether the over-riding argument or one contained in an individual paragraph)
• Ensure that each argument in the paper (whether the overriding argument or one contained in an individual paragraph) is valid and free from both formal and informal fallacies.
• The paper should follow guidelines for clear and effectively organized writing:
? The paper is well-organized, and every explanation is both complete and easy to understand.
? Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph for the paper.
? Main ideas should be addressed in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
? Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
? The paper should be checked for spelling and grammatical errors.