IDEAS

STEP 1 create a logical argument to persuade people that your idea or position is more reasonable or sound than another one. Try to write things in a way that gets people to believe your idea, or take action.

STEP 2 follow the TRAAP test roadmap to ensure your sources are reliable, accurate, and you understand the author's POV

STEP 3 persuade your audience by appealing to reason or emotion, and most importantly by stating facts, evidence, and examples from research, case histories, and testimony or quotes from experts, legal cases, scientific experiments, or people with first hand knowledge.

SEARCH TIPS

" "

quotes around a search term keeps terms together; search engine won't search for each term separately (ex. "vegetarian diet")

~

tilda's before search terms search for like terms (ex. ~vegetarian diet will search for vegetarian, vegetarians, vegetarianism, veggie diet, and beyond...)