Argumentative Introduction

Hook (gets the reader's attention)

Background information (defines the topic for the reader)

Counterclaim (tells the reader what the other side would say)

Thesis (outlines your 3 reasons/topics for the reader)

This is what grabs the reader's attention and makes them want to read your paper.

Create a rhetorical question (if you ask a question, though, you need to answer it)

You can reword the topic question to form a sentence

Tells the reader about the topic (defines it)

Helps the reader understand where the argument is coming from

Needs to break it down like the reader has never heard of your topic before

Tells the reader the other side's position on the argument

Is the opposite of your claim

Should only be 1 or 2 sentences long

Transition into it must help the reader understand it is not your side of the argument

Tells the reader what your side of the argument is

Gives the 3 reasons that will become your three body paragraphs

Last sentence of the introduction