Plastic bags

(Argumentation and Persuasion essay). 1. An introduction (including background and preliminary material), in which you engage your readers’ attention, place your issue in a current context and provide whatever background knowledge and definitions to key terms or concepts that your reader will need, and state your thesis. 2. Arguments supporting your own position, in which you make the best case possible for your views by developing your claim with reasons and evidence. This is usually the longest part of your argument , with a separate paragraph for each Line of reasoning. ( at least 3 reasons ). 3. Opposing viewpoints or anticipation of objections, in which you summarize fairly key argument against your position. This section not only helps the reader understand the issue more clearly, but also establishes your ethos as a fair-minded writer willing to acknowledge complexity. 4. Rebuttal or response to objections through refutation or concession, in which you point out the weakness in opposing arguments or concede to their strengths. 5. A conclusion, in which you place your argument in a larger context, perhaps by summarizing your main points and showing why this issue is an important one or by issuing a call to action. 6. A separate Work Cited page 7.in text citation. After you cite each of your sources in your paper, you need to state the author’s late name and page number of your source in a parenthesis *Three outside sources are required and only one can be from the Internet. * A general rule of thumb when ordering your own argument is to put your strongest reason last and your second strongest first. The idea here is to start and end with your most powerful argument.