Cause & Effect Outline (Body Paragraph--Refute Counter Arguments)

(What do you want to prove?)  THESIS: _____________________________________

BODY PARAGRAPH TO REFUTE THE COUNTER-ARGUMENTS

1. TOPIC SENTENCE asserting that not everyone agrees with your cause and effect argument
• That A causes B      OR
• That A causes C      OR
• That A causes D
2. Introduce the counter-arguments to your causal assertions
• The counter-arguments in the counter-argument body paragraph need to focus on only one of your previous body paragraph assertions: A, B, or C
• Do not address all your arguments and their counter-arguments in one body paragraph.
• Each counter-argument—to one of your arguments—will be a paragraph unto itself.
• You can provide multiple sources on that counter-argument, but the whole paragraph will stay focused on that one counter-argument for A, B, or C.
3. Paraphrase, summarize, or quote source material to refute the counter-arguments
4. Locate additional, different support to defend your causal argument asserted in the thesis statement
5. Explain how the source defended your point. 
• Analyze the source and its content.
• If you have additional counter-argument sources that all relate to the same overall issue…
• You may have to go through steps 2-5 a few times to cover the counter-arguments for that one point.
• However, if each counter-argument is on completely different points, relating to your overall Thesis, you may have to end up with two or three counter-argument paragraphs.
6. Closing sentence that ties the paragraph assertion and proof together. 
• This closing sentence should reflect to the paragraph’s topic sentence.