The stance is an author’s  attitude towards the topic. This is expressed through the author’s tone/choice of words. It is important for an author to understand how their stance might affect the effects they want the writing to have on their audience. Too little or too much invoked emotions might not work well with your audience, so in particular writing it is important that you stay neutral, or let the audience know what you personally thinking without obviously showing it. Audiences appreciates and respects subtle writing, as it helps them to form their own opinions without your roller-coaster of emotions or no emotions might give our audience the assumption that you did not place any effort in communicating with them.

For example, in my expository essay, my stance was to stay the middle of informing my audience about the cause and effects of increased tuition, refraining from taking up a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ position throughout the whole writing piece. In doing so, my audience is aware that this form o writing is to only educate them about my topic, which shows that had a subtle way of saying “that this is what I cared about, and I want you to know something about it too, before I move to try and let you agree with me”. It is a respectful way to enter an argument with all the facts and information laid out before you. Then, the argumentative writing piece allowed my audience to see what side of the fence I am on, without ‘boasting’ about it. When I brought out both sides of the argument, with well-rounded and viable explanations, it allowed my audience to make a decision of their own about the topic, which is something to be appreciated in any piece of writing.

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