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II. Body:You will break down the thesis statement in the body of your essay. (For most essays,you will need to find relevant supporting evidence for each of your main points.)A. 1 st Main Point- Topic Sentence – The topic sentence clearly states your main point.- Supporting Evidence – It is important to use RELEVANT evidence. Use scholarly sources when building academic arguments. (What arethe author’s credentials? Was the work peer reviewed?) Determining the relevance of evidence requires personal discernment.- Explanation – “How does the evidence support my claim?” and/orDiscussion – Discuss the implications of the claim. The explanation/discussion sections may consist of multiple paragraphs.In fact, they will often make up the bulk of your essay. It is in thesesections that the finer points of your arguments can be fleshed out. Thorough arguments often address counter-arguments, which can bedone in these sections.- Transition – Transition sentences help connect the main points, which helpsyour reader follow the progression of your argument. In addition to helping your audience follow the progression of yourlogic, transitions create a sense of continuity for your reader, which willincrease the effectiveness of your argument.B. 2 nd Main Point- Topic Sentence- Evidence- Explanation/Discussion- Transition This pattern, which ensures that each point and sub-point is thoroughlyexplored and carefully presented to your audience, can be used for eachof your main points.2
III. Conclusion:1. Summarize Findings - Here, you are pulling together all of the threads of yourargument. “What’s the BIG PICTURE?”2. Restate Thesis – Restating your thesis brings the paper full circle. Your audiencecan then make an informed decision to either agree or disagree with your thesis.(You should not use the same wording as before; however, your restatement mustbe consistent with your initial thesis statement.)Additional Information: Although the conclusion may seem redundant, keep in mind that repetitionhelps ensure that your audience fully understands and remembers the pointsof your argument. Typically, you do not want to introduce new concepts in a conclusion.However, you do have the option to discuss implications of the research,which also may include either introducing questions that naturally arisefrom that discussion or calling for additional research from others in thefield. Your essay may not fit this model exactly; however, this should give you agood idea of how an academic argument should be constructed. Primarily itshows that an argument must have a logical progression in order to beeffective.3
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