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You must defend and attack, that is, back up your contention with supporting arguments & evidence and attack the arguments of your opponents. The latter will strengthen your case because you will be showing awareness of your opponents' views, of both sides of the issue, so the fact that you've chosen one side seems more reasonable.

1. Introduction:

This should do three things: * make the topic clear;

* express your overall view on the issue, ie. outline

your main contention or position statement;

* summarise or outline your main arguments.

2. Explain your supporting arguments:

Give your reasons and back them up with as much concrete evidence statistics and factual data as you can.

3. Refute your opposition's arguments:

Outline the main opposition arguments and, one by one, explain why they are invalid or false. It is not enough to simply claim that an argument is not logical or reasonable. You must clearly show WHY it isn't.

4. Conclusion:

Here you should sum up your case: reinforce it, don't just repeat your introduction.

Sum up:

* your main contention;

* your major arguments/reasons;

* your basic objections to your opposition.

Perhaps it's best to re-iterate your main contention last. For example:

Thus, it is clear that my opponents' case can't be supported as their claims lack evidence, are self-contradictory, based on over-generalised assumptions and bias. On the other hand, it's been made clear that ... (sum up your arguments). So, it is only reasonable to accept that ... (here, reiterate your main contention).