You have chosen a topic and have begun planning/ outlining your persuasive paper. This will be your first formal draft. You have not yet completed the research for your topic-- that will be finished by next week-- so this essay will reflect your own ideas about your topic. As you write, consider the following questions, which will help you organize your thoughts. What are your feelings about the topic? State your position / claim clearly. What two or three points do you want to make about your topic? These points will be the topic (introductory) sentence for each paragraph