Planning an argument

1.	Who are you trying to influence?

2.	What is your opening statement?

3.	What are the facts or statistics you have to support your argument?

4.	What is your closing statement  (summary)? 
(What do you want done).

Each section should be at least one paragraph. The section with the statistics or facts may be more than one paragraph.  Help the argument flow by using connectives to link your views to the facts. 

Some connectives you could use are:
possibly	perhaps	yet	
as a result	because	later	
nevertheless	so	but,	
meanwhile	even so	however	
consequently	furthermore	in the end	
until then	notwithstanding	similarly	
on the other hand	so	moreover	
instead	next	additionally	
besides	also	finally