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Alternative Structures for Argumentative Essays
Option One: Weakest to Strongest Argument Followed by Counterargument
Introduction (thesis)
Weakest argument that supports your opinion
Stronger argument that supports your opinion
Strongest argument that supports your opinion
Counterarguments and refutation
Conclusion
Option Two: Counterargument Followed by Arguments
Introduction (thesis)
Counterarguments and refutation
Arguments that support your opinion, arranged from
least important to most important point or vice versa
Conclusion
Option Three: Multiple Counterarguments Followed by Argument
Introduction (thesis)
Counterargument 1 and argument to refute it
Counterargument 2 and argument to refute it
Counterargument 3 and argument to refute it
Strongest argument that supports your opinion
Conclusion
From Joy M. Reid (1982). The Process of Composition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-
Hall Inc. pp. 99-102.
The Writing Center: Writing Argumentative Essays
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