Claims & Counterclaims

Question 1

What is the best way to 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓅 your claim?

Answer 1

Details, details, details! Be sure the reason for your claim has evidence to back it up. Providing evidence is one of the most important parts of an argumentative essay.

Question 2

Should you acknowledge limitations/problems with your claim? Why/why not?

Answer 2

Yes, you want to give as much information & details as possible.
As you give more details, you should explain how your claims & counterclaims are 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔 & what their 𝓁𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 are.
Addressing a limitation is a bit similar to presenting an opposing claim & counterclaim. You’re acknowledging a problem, and giving a response.
Identifying & presenting strengths of claim adds a lot to essay.

Question 3

Why should you be mindful about your audience when giving more details about your claims?

Answer 3

If you can think about the questions that the audience might ask, you’ll be able to answer those questions. That adds more details & makes argument stronger.
Think what audience could already know, and what they’d want to know, what they’d be worried about, and questions they may have after reading essay. Try to think of as many questions as you can, it gives you more to write about.

Question 4

Should you include potential questions in your writing?

Answer 4

Not the questions themselves, but include all 𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓈 to all of the questions that you can.