Expressing agreement

or disagreement over

ABSTRACTION an issue is taking

a stand or a position.

Stand (verb):
to have or adopt a certain policy, course, or attitude, as of adherence,
support, opposition, or resistance

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Position (noun)
One's attitude toward or opinion on a subject; stand.

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The Hamburger Model of Writing

The hamburger Model of writing, also called “paragraph hamburger” and

“sandwich model” is a writing organizer that visually outlines the key
components of a paragraph. Topic sentence, detail sentences, and a closing
sentence are the main elements of a good paragraph, and each one forms a
different “piece” of the hamburger ((Howe et al., n.d)

How to use paragraph hamburger

1. Three main components of a paragraph, or story.
a. The introduction (top bun)
b. The internal or supporting information (the filling)
c. The conclusion (bottom bun)
2. Write a topic sentence that clearly indicates what the whole paragraph is
going to be about.
3. Compose several supporting sentences that give more information about
the topic.
4. Write a concluding sentence that restates the topic sentence.
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The hamburger model of writing still follows the IBC pattern, that is,
introduction, body and conclusion. However, using the hamburger model of
writing clearly illustrates how ideas are organize and what possible details to
be included in every part. It is also one of the best model when writing a
position paper.

(Top bun)
Introduction
Define the issue. Give the
context or situation. State
your stand or position.

(The fillings)
Body
Support to your stand or
position. Research and
related literature. May include
literatures from the divine
law, observation, experience,
legal basis, studies, statistics,
interview from authorities or
experts, etc.

(The bottom bun)

Conclusion
Summarize key points. Restate
stand or position regarding the
issue.

It is recommended to have at least 3 supporting literatures to support stand or

position.
Provide a title of the position paper.
Cite references or sources.
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Example of a position paper using the Hamburger Model of Writing

Why We Should Not Legalize Euthanasia

Euthanasia, act or practice of painlessly

Below are some sentence stem
to begin a stand or position:
I [strongly] agree...
I [strongly] disagree...
I oppose...
I am in favor of...
I am not in favor of...
putting to death persons suffering from
painful and incurable disease or
incapacitating physical disorder or
allowing them to die by withholding
treatment or withdrawing artificial life-
support measures (The Editors of
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2018).
Euthanasia has become the ethical
issue of the 1990s and the focus of
some of our most controversial public
policy questions. I oppose the
legalization of euthanasia. But we must
do more than simply disagree with its
proponents.

In the above example of introduction, the writer define the topis or

issue, give a brief context and states his/her stand or position by
opposing or not favoring euthanasia.
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Example of a position paper using the Hamburger Model of Writing

For Catholics (indeed for many Christians), at the

center of such a discussion on the nature of
human life and meaning is the question of the
sanctity of human life. For the believer, God is the
origin of all life and the sustainer of all life.
Intimately associated with the concept of sanctity
is an awareness that, because the origin of life is
in God, human beings do not have dominion over
life but are the stewards of life, which is a gift
On this part from another.
(body), the The powerful combination of sanctity and
writer supports stewardship is expressed in the foundational
his/her stand ethical principle. This principle says that no person
with his/her has the right to directly take innocent human life
religious belief and, in fact, we have a positive obligation to
and literatures nurture and protect life. This same ethical
from the divine principle inspired religious leaders and the faithful
law, ethics and to participate in the civil rights movement of the
moral 1950s and 1960s, raised citizens' concern about the
standards and morality of nuclear warfare, enlightened the
citing one discussions on the manner in which the war
authority. against Iraq was conducted, and now motivates
the drive against the legalization of euthanasia.
One of the more persuasive contributions is that
of Edward Shils. Shils proposes a natural
metaphysic that supports the sacredness of life.
Sacredness for him is not rooted in a transcendent
creator but "in the primordial experience of being
alive, in the fear of extinction, in the spontaneous
revulsion to contrived interventions and unnatural
destruction of human life, and in the sense of awe
one feels before one's own vitality and that of the
species."
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Example of a position paper using the Hamburger Model of Writing

As a committed Christian, I
disagree with such a contention.
But it is not enough to simply
disagree. Euthanasia is against the
law of God, its not ethical and
moral and life is sacred.

References:
The Editors of Encyclopedia
Britannica. (2018). Euthanasia. In
Encyclopædia Britannica.
In the example conclusion,
https://www.britannica.com/topic/e
the writer restates his/her
uthanasia
stand or position and
summarizes his/her 3
Why We Should Not Legalize
arguments to support his/her
Euthanasia. (1993, March).
stand.
Www.chausa.org.
https://www.chausa.org/publication
Cite references.
s/health-
progress/archive/article/march-
1993/why-we-should-not-legalize-
euthanasia

Combine all the write up from the introduction, body and conclusion
to form a sound position paper.
 Writing A Position Paper
APPLICATION Using A Hamburger
Model

Directions: Choose a debatable or controversial societal issue and defend stand

or position. Support your stand or position. Follow the paragraph hamburger in
your writng. You may use the template below or write in a pad paper.