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Outline: Argumentative Essay

Introduction

Attention-getter:

Bridge/Necessary Information: (necessary background information about your topic)

Claim: (topic and reasoning)

Body Section: Gather the evidence you’ll use. You should include three articles with two pieces of evidence from each article. You may put your evidence in any order that you’d like as long as those requirements are met. When you add your evidence into your essay, you’ll use the ICE method. Please keep track of direct quotes and in-text citations!

Body Paragraph #1:

Topic Sentence (Introduces the paragraph): Outline the paragraph in one clear sentence.

Text Evidence #1--AUTHOR’S LAST NAME/PAGE NUMBER:

Explanation #1: Each explanation should be at least two sentences. Use your explanations to prove your argument. This is also where you can include ethos, pathos, and logos!

Text Evidence #2--AUTHOR’S LAST NAME/PAGE NUMBER:

Explanation #2:

Body Paragraph #2:

Topic Sentence (Introduces the paragraph): Outline the paragraph in one clear sentence.

Text Evidence #1--AUTHOR’S LAST NAME/PAGE NUMBER:

Explanation #1: Each explanation should be at least two sentences. Use your explanations to prove your argument. This is also where you can include ethos, pathos, and logos!

Text Evidence #2--AUTHOR’S LAST NAME/PAGE NUMBER:

Explanation #2:

Body Paragraph #3:

Topic Sentence (Introduces the paragraph): Outline the paragraph in one clear sentence.

Text Evidence #1--AUTHOR’S LAST NAME/PAGE NUMBER:

Explanation #1: Each explanation should be at least two sentences. Use your explanations to prove your argument. This is also where you can include ethos, pathos, and logos!

Text Evidence #2--AUTHOR’S LAST NAME/PAGE NUMBER:

Explanation #2:

Counter and Rebuttal

Counterargument: (what is the counterclaim, and who is making this claim (if known)?)

Concession: (why could their claim be true?)

Rebuttal: (how can you refute the counterclaim and show that your claim is still true? optional: use an additional piece of evidence)

Conclusion: You could potentially switch the order of these in your essay. That’s up to you!

Call to action: (what do you want your readers to do based on this information?)

Summarizes main points and reinforces the claim: