Reading Response Qs “Issue Analysis”

Please read Meredith Reed’s “Introduction to Issue Analysis,” from NCSU’s interTEXTS.

Then, type your answers to the following questions, and print and bring your work to class.

Please write your answers in complete sentences. Remember to use accurate grammar in your response. If you use the same phrases or sentences from a video, be sure to use quotation marks.

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1. What is meant by “stakeholders” within the context of an issue analysis?
2. Thinking about your own research topic this semester, what are some perspectives that different people or groups might have? (think about your sources, your survey results, your own personal experiences, etc.)
3. In an issue analysis (and most all academic writing, in fact), how should a writer generally deal with opposing viewpoints?
4. What are “ethos,” “pathos,” and “logos”?
5. How should a writer structure or organize an issue analysis?