Attitude towards the subject

Stance is our attitude toward the subject. Most of the tasks this semester have required us to take a viewpoint, and we must make sure that the audience understands our position whenever we present our reasons and explanations. Because it was a simple rhetorical aspect to comprehend at the start of the semester, my basic knowledge of attitude hasn’t changed. Throughout the semester, I made sure that my argument demonstrated my position on the topic at hand and that it was easy to grasp by the audience. My understanding of stance now is that,

• The writer’s bias is crucial when engaging the reader 
• The author has either positive or negative aspects of attitude towards a subject
• When writing you have to pick a position/side
• Stance can be defined as the attitude that the writer has towards the topic of his or her message

It evolved because

• We went from not knowing how to address the audience to clearly stating our argument to the audience’s opinions/interest
• We went from addressing the audience as a general group of people to figuring out the specific type of audience we are dealing with
• We now take into account the audience’s characteristics, personality traits, and their interest when making our argument

The above is an image from my memo in which in the summary I restate my stance for why I’m writing what i am writing and my attitude towards the issue.