Stance: the approach or attitude the writer conveys in their topic. It is your opinion on the topic you are writing about.

Stance requires linguistic skills to provide a neutral point of view on the topic, but trying to be persuasive. Stance is needed for the purpose to seek approval, funds, support, and to inform the readers. This rhetorical element was seen in the technical proposal assignment. In this assignment, the stance was included in the memo in the beginning of the technical proposal. 

Figure 15: Section in the technical proposal assignment.