Formatting and design requirements differ depending on the context and genre in which your position argument appears. Whether you are writing for a college course, a community organization, or your workplace, though, you may want to consider including graphics that will help your readers grasp evidence or a key point immediately. The pie chart below is from the project highlighted in the In College Courses scenario on p. 242.

The writer included this graphic to bring home starkly to her readers—her instructor and classmates—the racial disparity in death penalty cases. A graphic like this one will appeal to readers logically, but it may also make an ethical appeal (appeal to readers’ sense of fairness).