Organization & Research

Presentation Organization Objectives Introduction Body Conclusion Documentation Transition

Research  Your experience  Library  Observation  Interviews  Surveys  Internet

Experience  Be systematic and take notes while brainstorming  Have I taken a course?  Do I have life experience?  Have I written anything?  Have I read something?  Have I discussed or conversed with someone?

Library  Searching the library:  Catalogue  Books  Video  Periodical Indexes  Book Reviews  Government documents

Internet  Search Engines  Boolean searching  Credibility  Citations

Observation, Interviews, Surveys  How to maintain Objectivity?  How to maintain Accuracy?  What kind of Questions?  Ethics?  Samples?

Organize, Investigate & Present

Evidence and Support  Examples  Vivid images  Narratives  Comparison/Contrast  Testimony  Statistics  Definitions  Analogies

General McCaffrey says the Dutch approach to drugs “hasn’t worked.” The Facts say: It has!

Drug War vs. Legalization IssueUnited StatesThe Netherlands Use of Marijuana by older teens (1994) 38%30% Use of marijuana by 15- year-olds (in 1995) 34%29% Heroin addicts (in 1995) 430 per 100, per 100,000 Murder rate (in 1996) 8.22 per 100, per 100,000 Crime-related deaths 8.2 per 100,000 (1995) 1.8 per 100,000 (1994) Incarceration rate (1997) 645 per 100,00073 per 100,000 Per capita spending on drug-related law enforcement $81$27

Are we so committed to past mistakes that we cannot shift to more effective strategies? Visit Drug War Facts at: Facts based on official statistics from Holland and the United States. Citations

“I'M PROOF: THE WAR ON DRUGS IS WORKING”

Definitions  Denotative  Dictionary  Connotative  Experiential

Analogy  Simile  Like or AS  Metaphor

Organize Logos

Investigate Logos Ethos

Logos Ethos Pathos Present