BUILDING A STRONG ARGUMENT

My Claim (thesis)
Be a lawyer!
Convince the
reader!
Here are my reasons:
Forceful
and
convincing
support!

1.

2.

Do you
have
enough
support for

3.

Concession/counterclaim

Refutation/counter argument

One could argue that

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But here is the WEAKNESS:
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STRONG FINISHrestate, dont repeat!

Remember rhetorical features strengthen an argument.

Where can you incorporate appeals, parallel structure, or rhetorical
questions?