Persuasive Arguments in Essays—Basics to Follow

Persuasive Essay—Basics to Follow

By following the paragraph steps below, you should have no issues meeting the word count for any argument/persuasive essays assigned at the higher levels of writing.  These stages of writing will also secure your fully-developed argument so that you have persuaded the audience through your own voice and scholarly sources integrated in the body-paragraphs.

Introduction

Intrigue the audience with a witty and thought-provoking sentence to introduce the audience to the topic and your ‘voice’.   Inform the reader about the issue by providing at least one sentence to bring the reader ‘up-to-speed’ on the topic.  Assert—in your last sentence of the Introduction paragraph—your |Thesis statement that assures the reader of your argument point, strength, and direction.

Body I

State your case based on one arguable point from the Thesis statement. Use scholarly sources to show why your way/view is best

Body 2

State your case based on a second arguable point from the Thesis statement. Use scholarly sources to show why your way/view is best.  Follow the Source Sandwich while constructing your body-paragraph in the Hamburger Method.

Body 3

State your case based on a third arguable point from the Thesis statement. Use scholarly sources to show why your way/view is best.  Follow the Source Sandwich while constructing your body-paragraph in the Hamburger Method.

Body 4

Examine the opposition and then give reasons—based on scholarly research—to reject the counter-arguments’ point of view. 

Body 5

Restate your position.  Provide additional, strong, scholarly arguments for your side to wrap up the argument and lead the reader/audience away from the counter-argument section and into your conclusion.

Conclusion

Write your Thesis in a new way as your topic sentence of the conclusion paragraph.  Wrap-up the argument that your way/view is superior by touching upon some of the strongest points from the supportive body-paragraphs.  Do not rehash the whole body-section.  Simply make it clear that your argument is sound and to be believed by the audience.  Be confident.  Wrap it all up with a witty, intriguing, and thought-provoking sentence to leave the reader assured of your argument point and strength.

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Persuasive Arguments in Essays—Basics to Follow