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# Essay outline
## Question and thesis
- The question in my own words
- A thesis someone could disagree with
- Three reasons, strongest last
## Introduction
- Hook: a fact, scene or question
- Context the reader needs
- Thesis stated plainly
## First reason
- Topic sentence
- Best piece of evidence
- How it proves the thesis
## Second reason
- Link back to the first
- Example, quote or data
- What it adds to the case
## Third reason
- The strongest point
- Evidence that is hard to argue with
- Why it settles the question
## Counterargument
- Best case against my thesis
- Where it is right
- Why my thesis still holds
## Conclusion
- The thesis, said a new way
- What changes if I am right
## Final checks
- Word count and format
- Every quote cited
- Read aloud for clarity